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."
Congress loves socialized health care — for itself
For $3.5 trillion a year, shouldn’t we Americans have a world-class health care system? Yet while we spend the most of any advanced nation...
Why reparations to African-Americans are necessary – how to start now
Reparations are a way of making the country whole, by partially remedying the inherited inequalities that still plague African-Americans.
The pandemic is an opportunity for major change—we need to get ready to come...
Our opponents try to maximize their profits through shake-ups like this one, pouring time and energy into learning how to use their opportunity. We can also increase our learning curve as rapidly as possible.
There’s no predicting when movements will erupt, but this classic activist resource maps their...
With Black Lives Matter in the midst of an unprecedented moment, now is the perfect time to read “The Movement Action Plan” — a model for understanding the long arc of movements.
Your wish will be granted, Queen
“Let’s play this game I learned. Each of you imagine you’re the Queen, and you’re told that your wish will be granted. What do you wish?”
Undocumented immigrants may actually make American communities safer – not more dangerous – new...
People from all social groups and backgrounds commit crimes. But undocumented immigrants, and immigrants more generally, are often baselessly blamed for increasing crime rates.
10,000 striking John Deere workers demand ‘equitable’ pay & benefits as company sees record...
Thousands of workers are on strike at John Deere after the United Auto Workers failed to reach an agreement with the company to improve wages.
Signs of the times and the emergence of Maitreya
We have created the chaos, and it is up to all of us to do whatever we can to clean it up and bring about the changes that 99.9% of people around the world crave.
Al Jazeera America is Being Cancelled
Hundreds of jobs are soon to be lost at Al Jazeera America to shut down all operations come April.