Hundreds of cops are in extremist Facebook groups. Why haven’t their departments done anything...
“Leadership always sets the tone for how an agency moves forward.”
Growing my way out of dystopia
Can we stop feeling quite so helpless and hopeless in a world on the skids?
The war on women: The view from China
Today, however, rather than seeing women as a key driver of economic advancement, China’s leaders have been cracking down on the feminist movement. Leta Hong Fincher, a scholar on women in China, explains why.
My year and welcome to it
Here are four (million) of my own takeaways from 2021, a classic hell-on-Earth year that, if worse weren’t potentially on the horizon, could perhaps be quickly forgotten.
In order to transcend Trumpism, we must tend to suffering—not celebrate it
The contemporary political arena rations compassion as though it is a scarce commodity when, in reality, it is inexhaustible.
Why the time-honored White House protest needs defending
There is a lot for us to do, and unless we have public space, we can’t do the work of building a different kind of society and a different kind of world.
Mainstream media’s moral cowardice: Time for the Times (and everyone else) to stand against...
In covering Trump, media too often defaults to lazy what-aboutism. History tells us cowardice will be punished.
As global 1% seize economy’s gains, ‘unprecedented wage stagnation’ for everyone else
"With workers worldwide being left behind, we need to build an economy that works for everyone, not just the few at the top."
Progressive Briefing for Monday, October 15
DNA confirms Elizabeth Warren's ancestry, Trump says 'we won' in regards to Christine Blasey Ford, Bernie Sanders rips White House for dismissal of climate science, and more.
If you’re over 50, chances are the decision to leave a job won’t be...
A new data analysis by ProPublica and the Urban Institute shows more than half of older U.S. workers are pushed out of longtime jobs before they choose to retire, suffering financial damage that is often irreversible.