Why are young working-class men more ‘conservative’?
It’s not just about women’s increasing power and independence—it’s about capitalism failing us all.
Former NY Congressman sentenced to prison for insider trading
Former Rep. Chris Collins was sentenced Friday to 26 months in prison after pleading guilty to insider trading and lying to federal investigators.
Foreign companies driving the global privatization of domestic infrastructure
Foreign entities have secured profitable positions in once-public domestic infrastructure. The pursuit of short-term cash has sacrificed long-term revenue streams to a variety of foreign investors.
Martin Luther King’s multiple lanes to multiracial democracy
King understood that no single approach would be sufficient to combat the interconnected evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism.
We found that more than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents....
Videos of U.S. citizens being mistreated by immigration agents have filled social media feeds, but there is little clarity on the overall picture. So ProPublica investigated.
The “mother of all bombs” killed ISIS fighters – but poor Afghan farmers now...
One researcher reports that local farmers believed the bomb was nuclear and that they’d been exposed to radiation.
Civil rights groups urge Biden administration to cancel $50,000 in student debt per borrower
“The $1.7 trillion student loan crisis is crushing individuals, families, and our economy, and the weight of this burden is disproportionately borne by women and Black and Latino borrowers.”
The Yurok Tribe is using California’s carbon offset program to buy back its land
n January, the Yurok Tribe in California bought a 40-acre farm. Located next to an elementary school and the tribe’s Head Start program,...
How corporations pumped up CEO pay while their low-wage workers suffered in the pandemic
More than half of the country’s 100 largest low-wage employers rigged pay rules in 2020 to give CEOs 29 percent average raises while their frontline employees made 2 percent less.
This election hangs on how many voters get the two, conflicted blueprints for Americanism
When, at least since 1861, have we ever faced such a relentless, internally-driven threat that impedes our idealistic push towards a more perfect union?