Lawmakers are finally starting to pay attention to the epidemic of missing and murdered...
Lawmakers are moving to pass legislation that would create clearer systems of data collection and response in cases of MMIW.
As Noam Chomsky turns 93, he urges young people to create a ‘much better...
He finds hope in the activism of young people “to create a much better world than the one we have.”
Travesty averted: An uplifting poem for the pandemic
There are times when well-meaning "message poetry" captures the moment and touches heart strings.
Father’s lessons
Sometimes the personal overrides the burning political—just before it doubles back to connect. For me, I reflect on this day of my...
Detaining immigrant children – a billion-dollar industry
“It was never intended to be a foster care system with more than 10,000 children in custody at an immediate cost to the federal taxpayer of over $1 billion dollars per year.”
Why Meryl Streep’s Golden Globe speech is so important in the Trump Era
Art yes. But also resistance.
How rising inequality is stalling economies by crippling demand
A new agenda is needed. We have to recognize that economic growth inevitably involves economic transformation, based on innovation and technological change.
Media complicity is key to blacklisting websites
In media and government, the journalists and officials who enable blacklisting are cravenly siding with conformity instead of democracy.
South Africa ends captive lion breeding industry
“It’s a real win for wildlife. I think commitment for change is the most courageous step and the most important one.”
Fifty years after Stonewall, the real fight for LBGTQ rights is local
Forty-five years after the first Equality Act, our national understanding of gender has changed significantly.