Taking a knee, standing for justice
Principled stands taken at great risk are often how movements are born.
#BlackFridays walkouts turn rage into action and community
This initiative, connected by the Twitter hashtag #BlackFridays, has resulted in a number of symbolic walkouts across the country led by a network of women of color.
Victory for workers: Connecticut passes legislation raising state’s minimum wage to $15
Connecticut now joins New Jersey, Illinois and Maryland by passing a bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023.
‘A Green New Deal, but for guns’: Parkland students propose groundbreaking gun policy
"If we require a license to drive a car, we should certainly require a license to own a gun."
NYT remembers David Koch more as ‘philanthropist’ than polluter
An obituary should memorialize a person, but some people’s legacies are darker than dinosaur exhibits.
How COVID-19 showed America’s dependence on blue-collar workers
These workers are the lifeblood of the nation. They step up every day and keep America running—even during a pandemic.
Five black & brown men have been recently found hanged in public. Were some...
“They deserve a full investigation and given the context of this history … that we look at them more than three days, and then that they are looked at as a whole.”
Anonymous donor pays tuition balance for Wiley College graduates
The estimated total debt of the more than 100 students in Wiley College's class of 2022 totaled $300,000.
‘The Daily Show’ Demolishes Bill O’Reilly’s Racist Chinatown Segment
“The Daily Show” sent a bilingual comedian to obtain honest political views from local Chinatown residents.
Establishment media declares war on their competition as “fake news”
US News has published a list of websites that it deems unworthy of support, and is essentially urging to be de-monitized or banned based on the previous calls to action.