‘A watershed moment’: CA Senate passes historic bill to empower fast food workers
If Gov. Gavin Newsom signs it, one union leader said the measure "will be the most important piece of labor law to pass in decades."
How the USDA fails to enforce the Animal Welfare Act
The agency has neglected its federally mandated responsibilities—even in the face of years of their own inspectors’ reports of abuse.
As Afghanistan faces economic crisis, U.S. could help prevent mass starvation by unfreezing funds
“At least preventing starvation in Afghanistan is still our duty.”
Republican AGs, dark money groups scheme to sue over student debt relief
Conservatives are hoping right-wing courts will intervene to deny debt relief to tens of millions of borrowers.
Fears of another Supreme Court assault on abortion rights grow after Idaho ruling
"I can't believe in a matter of months we've gone from losing the constitutional right to abortion to debating whether doctors can provide lifesaving care to patients."
We can do so much more on student loan forgiveness
The administration still has time to take real action on student loan debt, but they need to get moving.
A tax credit was meant to help marginalized workers get permanent jobs. Instead it’s...
The government gives hundreds of millions of dollars in Work Opportunity Tax Credits to temp agencies, even if the jobs they offer don’t lead to permanent employment.
Contradictions negate Lady Liberty’s message
Today’s anti-immigration anger is revoking the generous promises we identify with Lady Liberty.
The Republican road to Nazi perdition
Of course, we say, Republicans would never go as far as the Nazis did. But then, either would Germans in 1933.
Are community schools the last, best shot at addressing education inequity?
A district in the Washington, D.C., suburbs may foretell whether a transformative approach to school improvement can address longstanding opportunity gaps in education.