Friday, April 3, 2026

New data paint an unpleasant picture of poverty in the US

The bad news is that poverty still exceeds the 11.3 percent rate of 2000 and far too many people are poor in a country that is so rich.

90 seconds to midnight

The question now is whether such a 12:01, a future without the Doomsday Clock, without the existential threats of nuclear weapons and climate change is even imaginable.
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Why we need to break up big tech

Monopolies aren’t good for anyone except for the monopolists.
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Mass incarceration: An American problem

Private prisons are profiting from America's mass incarceration problem.

Staying hopeful in turbulent times

Which is why we have to keep up the fight even when feeling deeply discouraged.

Amazon refuses to act on climate change. So we employees are speaking out

We know from labor history that when workers want change, they shouldn’t just wait for company leadership to act.

Donald Trump’s Implied Assassination Threat, Fox News and the NRA

Trump is a dangerous demagogue who is inciting violence, and the time for it to stop is now.
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MLK Day special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his own words

While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice.

There’s nothing more powerful than people taking back democracy

“They might outspend us, but there’s nothing more powerful than people deciding it’s time to take back democracy – and they know it.”