How can America really be exceptional?
Can America still follow its principles of liberty and equality but have a far broader set of free social services (education and healthcare like the fire and police departments)? I think that it can. And if it does, it will have the sort of society that we want – not an oligopoly or crony capitalist one.
1,000+ arrested as Extinction Rebellion protests in London enter second week
"The world we are leaving for the children and grandchildren is going to be horrendous and we let it happen. It happened on our watch. So we have to stand up and fight or lie down and fight."
Ask for Jane: Meet the underground feminist group that provided abortions before Roe v....
“Ask for Jane.” Those were the magic words that provided thousands of women access to safe abortions before the landmark Roe v. Wade.
After mega-lies by Trump adviser Stephen Miller, it’s time to rev up the reality-based...
We have seen these unimaginative scenarios so many times.
Here are some of the ways Bill O’Reilly gave us Trump and cheapened America
The O’Reilly Factor is dead. But Fox will just go on polluting the airwaves.
White allies, let’s be honest about decolonization
Nobody can claim to be an ally if their agenda is to prevent their own future dystopias through actions that also preserve today’s Indigenous dystopias.
5 ways small actions have huge power
To those who take the bus or refuse plastic toothbrushes: Don’t listen to the cynics. Research shows the little things matter.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, October 9
Chicagoans fight for police accountability, UN report warns of looming climate catastrophe, and more.
Instead of buying guns or hoarding food, let’s feed each other
COVID-19 will change us. It’s just a question of how.
Universal tipping points: change is coming
Much like individual change, societal developmentshappen gradually, often painfully; even when sudden shifts take place, seemingly ‘out of the blue’, they arethe...









