The legacy of America’s first Wrestlemania president
Professional sports and professional wrestling tap into a primal level of tribalism that Trump has funneled into a form of nationalism.
Fund head start, not internment camps
I came to this country from Mexico as a small child because my mother was escaping poverty and wanted to give my...
After the civil rights era, white Americans failed to support systemic change to end...
More whites are willing to acknowledge white racial privilege, but only about one in eight support reparations to Blacks.
The US Corporate Media are Essentially Propaganda Organs of the US Government
Can the US corporate media, particularly when it comes to foreign affairs, but also when it comes to matters like intelligence and domestic spying, be trusted to present the truth?
A tale of American hubris
Or five lessons in the history of American defeat.
What is the US.-Mexico border to Indigenous peoples who have lived there?
“The effect of a wall is already in us. It already divides us… It’s a psychological wall.”
ALEC wants to make protest illegal in Illinois
ALEC isn’t often at the forefront of legislative changes in blue states like Illinois, but with overwhelming support for this bill by Democrats in the Illinois House, that may be changing.
Protesting where it hurts the super-rich
That 60% of Americans whose wealth is matched by a roomful of billionaires should be working together to fight economic injustice.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, September 20
Lawsuit filed against officers for false arrest, mosquitoes could spread microplastics, Feds pledge more funds to target violence against Native American women, and more.
The Intellectuals We Abandon
"One of the many cruelties of corporate capitalism is that it has abandoned the poor and, among them, the gifted intellectuals I teach."