Learning from history, if we dare
To leverage and learn from humanity’s history regarding what fostered sustainability in the past, we need to know the outcomes.
It’s not that hard to solve homelessness
Our economic priorities have created a serious housing crisis and fueled homelessness. Solving the problem simply requires us to change our priorities from profits to people.
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.
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.
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.
World’s 500 richest people added $852 billion to their wealth in first half of...
"They can afford to pay their fair share in taxes."
Getting past stars and swipes forever
In 1776, public-spirited patriots emerged from the ranks of America’s most privileged. Today’s richest offer up precious little of that public spirit. Why?