Tuesday, December 16, 2025

30,000 LA teachers ‘strike ready’ as district refuses to spend $1.86 billion reserve on...

"A strike is not a first resort for anyone. It's a last resort – especially for teachers who are asked to do more with less every day. And enough is enough."

400 years after slavery’s start, no more band-aids

It’s time to heal the deep wounds of racism — not only to ensure equity for African Americans, but for our entire economy.

Should we worry about income gaps within or between countries?

At the beginning of classes every autumn, I tease my students with the following question: Is it better to be poor in...
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‘This is my home:’ Meet the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case to...

The Obama-era program has granted protection from deportation and a work permit to at least 700,000 undocumented people who were brought to the United States as children.
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SPECIAL: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his own words

While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice.

The essentials of life

Humanity must find ways to make itself more humane and less human.

Medicating isolation

Drug use in the COVID-19 moment.
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MLK Day special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his own words

While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice.

AI that will bite us in the butt

The latest dystopian tech craze: Robotic police dogs.