Toxic Clichés
Our students will be facing challenges beyond what we can begin to imagine, if these past few years are any indication, crises that require far-ranging intelligence, imagination, sensitivity.
The origin of Black History Month—and why it still matters
There is no more powerful force than a people steeped in their history.
3 big ways that the US will change over the next decade
Hispanics and the other racial minorities will be the country’s main demographic engine of population change in future years; this is the most significant demographic change Americans will see.
How movements can use drama to seize the public imagination
Drama is useful in getting attention for our issues. The Sunrise Movement is only one of the recent movements that grew by...
Congress loves socialized health care — for itself
For $3.5 trillion a year, shouldn’t we Americans have a world-class health care system? Yet while we spend the most of any advanced nation...
Progressive or Bust’s provocative meme assaults liberals’ hypocrisy
Rather than demean their civil rights struggle (which, by MLK’s design, enlisted many whites), the meme means to honor it as a needed and noble one.
Keeping up the fight against the Muslim ban
A year after the Supreme Court ruling upholding it, advocates have lined up legislation and presidential candidates behind undoing one of Trump’s signature abuses.
Bill O’Reilly laughs at United Airlines passenger who was forcibly removed from plane
"I shouldn't be laughing, but it's just so bizarre."
Americans work too much already
The Save American Workers Act would do nothing of the sort, but it would force many employees to log more hours.
The Resistance needs better heroes
A movement is defined by its heroes. The Resistance can find better heroes than the ones some of its members have chosen – and it should.