How rising inequality is stalling economies by crippling demand
A new agenda is needed. We have to recognize that economic growth inevitably involves economic transformation, based on innovation and technological change.
Lift Us Up: Meet the activists on the front lines of the battle for...
We look at the criminalization of black and brown students that has led to what is known as the school-to-prison pipeline.
As if it couldn’t get worse, Trump budget would cut all funding for arts,...
The White House says the cuts are part of the elimination of "wasteful or unnecessary spending."
It may not be sunny in Philadelphia, but the town’s not burning either
There is widespread anger at the police for this latest police killing, and calls for an end to police using weapons to deal with mentally ill persons, but Philadelphia is not ablaze or in chaos.
As peace protests are violently suppressed, CNN paints them as hate rallies
Some in corporate media very clearly took sides, portraying student protesters as violent, hateful and/or stupid.
America: Rapidly sliding into the depths of bigotry, racism, and xenophobia
We need to work very hard to remove this bigotry, racism, and xenophobia from our country before this condition becomes irreversible.
Racial inequalities contribute to higher unemployment rates in black communities, new research reveals
The "devastating effects of COVID-19 on the economic and physical well-being of black Americans were entirely predictable given persistent economic and health disparities."
Mass shootings in the US have risen sharply in 2020—why?
There have been 578 mass shootings so far this year, this is already significantly above the 417 mass shootings recorded in the whole of 2019.
We must be relentless in humanizing Palestinians
The human cost of conflict: reckoning with the dehumanization in the Israeli-Palestinian struggle.
UN rights chief: Trump’s attack on press is “dangerous”
“Freedom of expression must be located within the domain of the law and take into consideration national interests and peace.”