How wealthy have our super wealthy become?
It turns out we know far less, by contrast, about Americans who live amid great wealth.
Know your rights: How immigrant rights activists are preparing for looming ICE deportation raids
“We tell our community members that no matter what ICE does, don’t open the door.”
A Christmas confession
The U.S. economy depends on consumers consuming and the earth depends on us not consuming.
Elon Musk is hiding the ball again on taxes
Fanboys of the richest person on Earth are spinning bogus tales that swell the Musk fortune and embellish his ‘genius.’
NBC’s Presidential Forum Continued the Shameful Corporate Coverage of the Great American Meltdown
It was a low, wretched performance, by the network and both candidates, full of fluff and posturing and Alice in Wonderland statements of policy along with an almost complete derogation of authority by the anchors.
Why unarmed civilian protection is the best path to sustainable peace
“Unarmed civilian protection challenges the widespread assumption that ‘where there is violence we need soldiers,’ or that armed actors will only yield to violent threat.”
‘Historic day for American unions:’ Los Angeles teachers strike earns victory for labor, public...
"This fight was won with union power AND community power."
Epic fail of charter schools in Louisiana
The legacy of the federal government’s charter school grants in Louisiana should not be understood just by the sheer waste of precious education funds, but also by the real human consequences of spreading makeshift charter programs that throw communities into confusion, distress, and a sense of betrayal.
Can inequality be hardwired into our DNA?
We need more than a moratorium on making inheritable edits in our genetic code. We need a moratorium on people getting rich off of editing our genes.
Crisis means danger and opportunity
The present crisis will undoubtedly lead to great change, but will it be takeovers by neo-fascist leaders such as Trump? Or will the change be social reforms?