Culture

One thing we can be sure of is that the mainstream corporate press has no interest in covering these issues at all, at least until they can no longer be ignored.

The gunman, Ian David Long, who was a Marine Corps veteran, killed at least 12 people at the bar and country music hall in Thousand Oaks.

The Magnolia Mothers Trust is the first of its kind that specifically targets single Black mothers.

Republicans' plans are a disaster for middle class working people and the planet but a blessing for the mega-rich.

As one of the most unequal nations in the entire world, America is also, in many ways, one of the most poverty-stricken.

The world of Neoliberalism attempts to reduce everything to a commodity, but public spaces are not simply a financial asset to be sold off to the highest bidder.

The decision means that potentially thousands of Native Americans will not be able to vote in the upcoming elections.

Politicians and media moguls have long understood that fear and hate sell better than hope and compassion, no matter how much we might wish it otherwise.

Instead of looking to combat-ready police to solve the problem of public disruption, the community itself has the capacity to create structures of safety and support by focusing on solidarity and confronting the foundational issues that are causing the violence in the first place.

Meanwhile, 18.5 million Americans live in extreme poverty and "5.3 million live in Third World conditions of absolute poverty."