Why workers demand Julie Su’s confirmation as labor secretary
Americans need Su to watch their backs more than ever, especially as a growing number of workers join unions on the heels of the pandemic and advocates push for a national version of the California law protecting health care workers.
Using white privilege to ban guns
A gun control organization run by women of color is putting white women on the frontlines of demanding a ban on guns.
Why DeSantis won’t uproot Trump—whose charades and chaos party snubs relevant, old-style resumes
Worst of all, but telling, DeSantis has not learned the first lesson: “know thy enemy.” If not Trump, who can DeSantis beat?
Aspartame carries potential risk of cancer in humans, new study
Starting this month, IARC will list the artificial sweetener as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" for the first time.
How the super rich are killing Social Security
It’s going to run out of money before you can ever receive it if the rich don’t start paying their fair share.
Caution: Children at work
Is the Return of child labor the latest sign of American decline?
How volunteers in Ukraine are helping civilians reach safety
Amid deportations, floods and shelling, grassroots groups have formed to help Ukrainians evacuate the frontlines and occupied territories.
Sanders warns of ‘dystopian future’ if governments don’t immediately act on climate
"We must act and act boldly. Our earth is warming rapidly. We see this every day, in every part of the world."
The Fukushima Disaster: The hidden side of the story
Exposing the nuclear industry and its lies.
Supreme Court preserves college preferences for wealthy whites
In its recent ruling on affirmative action in college admissions, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices squarely came down on the side of race and class-based preferences—for wealthy whites.