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.
Uprisings: From climate to austerity, autumn protests engulf the world
Solving the climate crisis with ambitious policy programs like Green New Deals might help to alleviate some of the suffering caused by the austerity that is breaking the backs of working people in rich and poor countries alike.
A poignant poem that encapsulates 2016
Bill Moyers shares "Starting with Black," which addresses the "urgent political and moral crisis" that we currently face.
NRA’s news outlet smears Women’s March as violent by equating it with a completely...
The NRA seems to be unaware that the Women’s March made headlines because it was peaceful and there were “exactly zero arrests” that day.
What LA teachers tell us about rising inequality
We ought to see their struggle as “a strike for democracy – against the plans of a tiny clique of billionaires to unilaterally impose their vision for the world.”
A tale of two druglords
One gets life behind bars, the other retired into luxury. Guess which one wreaked more havoc.
Four reasons why millennials don’t have any money
If we don’t start trying to reduce this generational wealth gap millions of young Americans will struggle to find financial security for the rest of their lives.
Civil rights hero John Lewis remembered at funeral as ‘patriot who risked his life’...
“a true American patriot who risked his life and bled for the hope and promise of democracy.”
America’s richest 2% made more money in 2017 than the cost of the entire...
The richest 2-5%, those Americans with an average net worth of about $2.5 million, accumulated enough wealth in 2017 to pay for the safety net FOUR TIMES.
Racism as a public health crisis
Milwaukee’s novel approach to combating racial inequity should inspire other cities.