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.
Indiana teachers shot with pellets during school shooting drills ‘without warning’
They shot all of us across our backs. I was hit four times. It hurt so bad."
The ‘scarcity mindset’ and the growing risks of inequality
The only solution, both to alleviating the underlying problem of inequality and countering the energized far right it has produced in so many places appears to be for the left to counter it with a more positive populism of its own.
Monetary policy takes center stage: MMT, QE or public banks?
A network of public banks including a central bank operated as a public utility could similarly fund a U.S. Green New Deal – without raising taxes, driving up the federal debt, or inflating prices.
SUNY uses taxpayer dollars to torture kittens in useless experiments
The State University of New York is being sued for refusing to turn over documents about cruel animal experiments.
White nationalism, born in the USA, is now a global threat
Nationalist terror is a danger to the domestic security of the United States and, evidence shows, a global terror threat that endangers the very nature of global democratic society.
The roots of police violence in Chicago: How cops have targeted communities of color...
"It’s been part of the culture, along with the code of silence, along with the systemic racism that is so prevalent in the Chicago Police Department."
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."
‘Tired of being unsupported and messed with,’ teachers stage a bold protest that scores...
“Teachers want to have fair ways for us to ensure the public education system continues to provide access to well-supported schools for all kids.”
This is how borrowing things from our neighbors strengthens society
Research shows that small talk and casual connections create happy communities and less-lonely individuals.