The evil that guns do
The firearms lobby suggests that because morality can’t be legislated, the evil of gun violence can only be controlled by... more guns.
Ending the secrecy of the student debt crisis
Ending the secrecy of the crisis through massive national attention may destigmatize the shame of financial defeat.
The War intervention: AI, data centers, and the environment
This increasingly inextricable partnership between AI and the war economy is throwing us into a fast track of climate and environmental chaos that threatens us all.
Eight ways to strengthen our democracy beyond voting
The strength of our civic life depends on what we do outside elections.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, June 28, 2018
Americans own 40% of the world's guns, the Republican tax plan has made the U.S. debt the highest since World War II, Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire, and more.
Trump administration revives public charge clause that kept Nazi-era refugees from the US
The Trump administration is as likely to succeed in communicating what it wants to lower-level officials as was the Nazi-era State Department.
The Catonsville nine, 50 years later
"What are your future plans?" "Resistance!"
Again, the US is a no-vacation nation
Nearly 1-in-4 Americans receive no paid vacation or holidays.
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.
Money for something… But not you!!!
How long can the hundreds of millions of us who are maybe a few paychecks away from financial crisis put up with 'Capitalism on Steroids'?