Billionaires are a sign of economic failure
he New York Times published an editorial comment on its front page in January 2019, provocatively entitled “abolish billionaires.” The editorial raised a serious question: what...
How the spirit of the indigenous occupation of Alcatraz lives on, 50 years later
In 1969, indigenous activists occupied Alcatraz Island, demanding that their treaties be honored. Fifty years later, they’re still fighting.
Farruggio in 20/20
The more that working stiffs see the value in pulling back this empire to help the 99+ % of us...
Media don’t factcheck right-wing migration myths
Right-wing media figures and Republican politicians get little pushback when they promote evidence-free, often absurd claims about incentives for unauthorized immigration.
Can community schools rescue a ‘troubled’ district?
A contentious contract negotiation between teachers and a district in the Washington D.C. suburbs could foretell whether a transformative strategy for school improvement can dislodge entrenched leadership practices.
How Consumer Culture Is Killing Citizenship
We live in a society where market values spread without limit, in which we are branding and selling ourselves along with everything else, including public office. How do we stop it?
Tabloid Takedown of Bernie Sanders
What explains the unrepentant disdain the elite media cast on Sanders’ bold ideas and insurgent campaign? In short, class.
How internet co-ops can protect us from net neutrality rollbacks
Smaller internet service providers offer alternatives and could disrupt the monopolies.
‘Earth will be annihilated:’ On 73rd anniversary of Hiroshima bombing, a warning against nuclear...
In remembrance, we turn to the words of a Hiroshima survivor, or hibakusha.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, October 5
Over 300 arrested at Senate offices during #CancelKavanaugh sit in, who talked to the FBI in the Kavanaugh investigation, Virgin Atlantic flies first commercial plane on recycled waste carbon gas and more.