Again, the US is a no-vacation nation
Nearly 1-in-4 Americans receive no paid vacation or holidays.
Women approaching retirement face financial insecurity over healthcare and drug costs
"Those results underscore the reality of an uneven playing field for women in the American economy and the economic opportunity cost after years as mothers and caregivers and not wage-earners."
The DNA industry and the disappearing Indian
Today’s policy attacks on Native rights reproduce the same misunderstandings of race that the DNA industry is now so assiduously promoting.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 3, 2018
7 hospitalized after pipeline explosion, Senate Democrats agree to major military spending, White House rolls back fuel economy standards, and more.
Seven pointed questions for corporate media about their biases
Unfortunately, many Democratic voters in Iowa, New Hampshire and elsewhere are unduly influenced by mainstream media.
In the search for missing women, neighbors and family members pair drones with Indigenous...
Often, Indigenous communities don’t trust that police will act on reports of violence.
RT America torched in witch hunt ’17
The ruling elites are desperately trying to shift the focus away from the cause of the political insurgencies on the left and the right: extreme social inequality.
A veteran’s case for canceling student debt and making higher education tuition-free
The G.I. Bill helped millions realize a future they otherwise may not have ever known. We can do the same again—on an even larger scale.
Meet Alexander von Humboldt, the first person to understand climate change — more than...
As the world burns — and as kids sound the alarm — the original environmental scientist is worth revisiting.
Coke’s PR Scam Explodes
The jig is up for the sugar-water purveyor’s bogus obesity study group.