Why America needs a national program of paid sick and family leave
America remains the only major industrialized country without a universal paid leave program.
What social movements can learn from the ‘innovator’s dilemma’
Organizers can borrow ideas from the business world about where to look for innovation, and about how our movement ecology can make space for it.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, October 9
Chicagoans fight for police accountability, UN report warns of looming climate catastrophe, and more.
Faulty intelligence? The curious case of the murdered journalist who wasn’t
There is no question that journalists in Russia (and, for that matter, Ukraine) are under threat.
‘Abolish billionaires’: Oxfam report shows combined pandemic wealth of richest 10 people could pay...
“Rigged economies are funnelling wealth to a rich elite who are riding out the pandemic in luxury, while those on the frontline of the pandemic... are struggling to pay the bills and put food on the table.”
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.’
The Amerikan Addiction Network
If you took a few moments of pause, you would realize that it should be our government which should be helping those with addictions- many such ones that have occurred because of the power of Big Pharma.
American Historical Assoc. votes overwhelmingly to support resolution to oppose Scholasticide in Gaza
We speak to Sherene Seikaly and Barbara Weinstein, two scholars who supported the resolution and helped push for the groundbreaking vote.
Will the new crimes against humanity treaty protect women and LGBTI persons?
It’s time for the international community to take a stand. A new treaty could affect people’s rights for generations to come.
California governor proposes nation’s longest paid family leave
Newsom and his administration proposed six months paid family leave, the nation's longest if approved.