The Various Shades of Black… and Green
The hit film of 2018 was Peter Farrelly's Green Book. The film takes place in 1962, and was based on a true story...
Fund head start, not internment camps
I came to this country from Mexico as a small child because my mother was escaping poverty and wanted to give my...
Higher education in America’s prisons: 4 essential reads
Research shows that providing education to such young men – and young women – when they become incarcerated makes them less likely to return to prison.
People are showing they’ve had enough
People can only be squeezed so much before they rise up and say, “enough!”
Violence against the media isn’t new – history shows why it largely disappeared and...
What these occurrences share, and what they’re illustrating, is a profound hatred towards purveyors of journalism.
Unemployment falls to lowest level since 1969 as economy adds 134,000 jobs
In spite of the unusually low unemployment rate there is little evidence of wage acceleration.
White Supremacist kills 49 Muslim worshipers in New Zealand as Islamophobic hate crimes rise...
The gunman live-streamed the attack and published a manifesto in which he praised President Donald Trump as “a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose.”
House of Representatives set to vote on net neutrality
"Any lawmaker who doesn't want to invoke the wrath of their constituents should vote for its clean passage on the House floor."
The #MeToo movement’s roots in women workers’ rights
An unsung hero of the early 20th century, Rose Schneiderman organized women to fight for laws to protect them from sexual harassment and assault in the workplace.
Making the gun violence epidemic visible through art and activism
Leslie Lee calls herself an “artivist.” It’s a word combining art and activism, rooted in community and Latinx art from the late...