Antebellum America Redux
What is the answer to this problem that has been with our nation since its founding?
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.”
Inequality is feeding America
It's time to treat all farm workers with the respect due to the people who really are essential to our food security.
Overcrowding, rotten food & nooses: DHS watchdog confirms horrific conditions at immigrant jails
Now Homeland Security’s own inspector general has revealed how detained immigrants are subjected to rotten food, severe overcrowding, inadequate medical care, and broken and overflowing toilets.
In 33 years the richest 10% of Americans could have 100% of US wealth
The three men at the top of the Forbes 400 richest list hold more wealth than the total wealth of the poorest half of Americans, so how many of you are really surprised?
What will generative AI mean for the racial wealth gap?
Big technological shifts have a history of keeping Black and other marginalized groups at or near the bottom of economic opportunities. Will this time be different?
The problem goes way beyond Kellyanne Conway: Trump’s team of TV surrogates constantly lie
Have we ever had a modern-day press secretary who put so many substantial lies up on the board in just a few short weeks?
In Memphis, an attack on both immigrant rights and press freedom
May 3 is World Press Freedom Day – jailed journalists around the globe should be free to do their work, outside the prison walls that confine them today.
Retrospectives of the financial crisis are leaving out the most important part – its...
It seems the only people not consulted for their perspective were those most powerfully affected by the crisis’ impact – the millions of families who suffered foreclosure and eviction.
Violence Against Women Act at risk of lapsing
“Republicans’ decision to include only a short-term VAWA re-authorization in the must-pass minibus spending bill is nothing short of an abdication of our responsibilities to women in our country."