Why reparations to African-Americans are necessary – how to start now
Reparations are a way of making the country whole, by partially remedying the inherited inequalities that still plague African-Americans.
Father’s lessons
Sometimes the personal overrides the burning political—just before it doubles back to connect. For me, I reflect on this day of my...
Putting out a Garbage Fyre: How reproductive rights advocates countered a week long anti-choice...
“What it’s about is reproductive and pregnancy outcomes and valuing them all...We need to be a society that values that decision for you because we’re a society that values healthy outcomes."
A tale of two druglords
One gets life behind bars, the other retired into luxury. Guess which one wreaked more havoc.
Media just can’t stop presenting horrifying stories as ‘uplifting’ perseverance porn
Because corporate media wholly accept and promote neoliberal, free-market doctrine, they are unable to see how what they see as “awesome” is actually a manifestation of late-capitalist dystopia.
It’s not a woman’s job to protect a man’s virtue
The Mississippi gubernatorial candidate who wouldn’t allow a female reporter to cover his campaign without a male chaperone is recycling centuries of misogynistic mythology.
What school segregation looks like in the US today, in 4 charts
"All regions of our country and rural and metropolitan areas alike have changing patterns of segregation that demand the public’s attention and action."
A bad day for Fox’s voter fraud “expert”
J.Christian Adams will apologize to Virginia citizens falsely identified by his organization as noncitizens who had illegally registered to vote.
How a black farming community found justice
Shirley Sherrod co-founded New Communities, a Black farming community in rural Georgia. But at one time, she wanted to leave farming far...
The exploitation time bomb
Since reducing inequality became an official goal of the international community, income disparities have widened. This trend, typically blamed on trade liberalization and technological advances...