Sunday, June 21, 2026

I’ve covered seven mass shootings. These are the memories that haunt me.

Columbine High School. Platte Canyon High School. Virginia Tech. Deer Creek Middle School. Aurora movie theater. Arapahoe High School. Santa Fe High School. ProPublica reporter Jenny Deam reflects on covering them all.

Graphic: Yes, the richest Americans really do pay less in taxes

"Will we tolerate it? Or will we take back our democracy from the oligarchs who run this country?"

The second sight of W.E.B. Du Bois

Du Bois would hardly fare better today. His radical critique of empire and capitalism would make him even more of a pariah in the academy and on the airwaves.

Millennials and generational wealth

Various financial injustices are impacting our communities. Generational wealth is one of those particularly affecting Millennials.

From the 80s to today, the top 1 percent gain trillions, while the rest...

"Between 1989 and 2018, the top 1 percent increased its total net worth by $21 trillion."

The MSM Could Not Care Less About This Threat to Democracy

The media's failure to report on GOP efforts to suppress the vote is aiding and abetting a national disgrace.

Is America crazy?

Mass shootings, economic inequality, a racist president: have we grown dangerously accustomed to a country gone mad?