Teaching ‘Les Misérables’ in prison
The novel gave them a lens to view their lives and a ruling system every bit as cruel as Hugo’s 19th-century France.
The retired General who stopped a Wall Street coup
General Smedley Butler blew the whistle on a millionaire-led effort to oust FDR and the New Deal.
Disaster gentrification in Puerto Rico
Paradise for a wealthy few, the continuation of a long colonial nightmare for the long neglected majority of Puerto Ricans.
Mass shootings, children being gunned down in cold blood; a dark stain on the...
We Americans may not realize it, but we are being mentally conditioned by this government to accept these mass shootings as a part of our culture, embedded in our society.
Goons in Gucci
The richest, most powerful, most privileged people in our land are intentionally savaging the well-being of America's majority and aggressively suppressing the democratic rights that make America, America.
NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch: It’s unfair to say ‘mass shootings’ because knife crimes aren’t...
"When a gun is involved, it’s called a mass shooting, and that’s so the focus remains on the firearm."
Legalizing divorce: A battle between church and state in the Philippines
The Instituting Absolute Divorce and Dissolution of Marriage in the Philippines Act is being condemned by the Catholic Church citing "social costs" as a result of the bill.
A vile act of inhumanity: Splitting up families like the slave traders did
Immigrants are an easy scapegoat for a deteriorating society. Stripping them from their children is the vilest act of inhumanity.
The Catonsville nine, 50 years later
"What are your future plans?" "Resistance!"
Ben Carson: Fighting Trump’s war on the poor
Somehow a trillion-dollar tax giveaway is no issue for the deficit, but modest housing assistance for America's poorest people has to go.