Getting poorer while working harder: The ‘cliff effect’
In addition to boosting wages, it will take major policy changes, like making child care more universally available and affordable, to offset the skyrocketing costs of living for American workers.
What is the point of your human life?
For some time now, I’ve been trying to assess the point of one’s human life. What makes you (or me) important or...
Anatomy of an ambush: Unanswered questions in Niger
There have been contrary claims by both soldiers and higher authorities in Niger regarding the attack that left 4 U.S. soldiers dead.
How the women of Standing Rock are building sovereign economies
Food security, traditional agriculture, and local self-reliance are key to regenerative societies of the future, say water protectors taking the movement’s lessons forward.
How the U.S. transportation system fuels inequality
For decades, the federal government has allocated about four times as much funding to roadways as it has to public transit such...
Let’s honor the legacy of Frances Perkins by fighting to expand Social Security and...
Expanded Social Security and Medicare are important building blocks on the foundation laid down in 1935.
The Indigenous Peoples March was about a lot more than the kids in MAGA...
From environmental and land rights to the thousands of indigenous women who have gone missing in the United States and Canada, the march was a reminder that indigenous people suffer from the same problems across the world.
Indigenous peoples & local communities offer best hope for our planetary emergency
We must start by standing with those environmental defenders who are safeguarding their lands and territories, and we must secure a future for the planet by securing their rights, tenure, and governance.
Donald Trump is America’s shadow
So we need to celebrate the heroes of freedom and decency.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, July 23, 2018
White supremacist barred from Virginia, Trump threatens the Iranian president, corporate Democrats plan a counterrevolution, and more.