What the coronavirus says about us
Trump’s message to governors on lifesaving medical equipment — “get it yourselves” — is grimly appropriate in a country without national health care.
The time has come for a global minimum wage
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is celebrating its 100th anniversary this June. In the wake of a devastating world war, its mission...
How do you celebrate a flawed nation?
To love America is to love the movements that have fought for centuries to make it better.
Today’s progressive movements must learn from Black Lives Matter—and join together
A coalition of movements that joins a future whirlwind moment to win the struggle can at last make racial justice a reality.
“Mr. Vice President, I am speaking”: A culture of interruption
As evident by the debates so far, setting rules in advance is not enough. We also need to make sure that breaking those rules is not rewarded.
Collective action is key to keeping labor strong
As long as workers band together, they can make concrete improvements in their working conditions.
Limiting Trump’s screen time isn’t ‘censorship,’ it’s journalism
If journalists are limited to allowing politicians to say whatever they want on-air, then asking questions that are never answered, how to decide when this is less reporting the news than feeding the troll?
MLK opposed ‘poverty, racism & militarism’ in speech one year before his assassination 53...
“Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism and militarism.”
Building power and raising voices of rural women
Rural women have served as the educators, healthcare givers, nurturers, and fighters for our community for generations.
US Capitol protesters, egged on by Trump, are part of a long history of...
Their participation in the Jan. 6 events, egged on by Trump, reflects a long history in the U.S. of local, state and national political leaders encouraging white supremacist groups to challenge or overthrow democratic governments.