People are showing they’ve had enough
People can only be squeezed so much before they rise up and say, “enough!”
America’s Shkreli problem
What, if anything, does Martin Shkreli’s downfall tell us about modern America?
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2018 around the world
"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization, but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights."
Striking West Virginia teachers revive a proud labor heritage
After nine days on strike, the teachers won!
High school students
So what was it about the Parkland killings that tipped the scale? This is among the questions we teachers have been asking one another at school recently.
America’s children: Caught in the cross hairs of the NRA and the gun industry
How in the world did we ever get to this low point in our history when the fear of being killed is now planted into the minds of our children?
Using fake facts to make us afraid
On immigration and terrorism, the Trump Administration misleads about Its own misleading data.
More than a dozen banks finance gun manufacturers and the assault weapons industry
More than a dozen banks support five of the largest gun manufacturers connected to countless shooting tragedies in America.
Guns and liberty
Gun ownership in the United States, largely criminalized for poor people of color, is a potent tool of oppression.
TV stations follow John Oliver’s lead in the movement to forgive medical debt
How former debt collectors showed everyone how to buy up people’s medical debt at pennies on the dollar.