Sanders backs renewed push for ban on Dark Money in democratic primaries
"If Democrats really believe in democracy and campaign finance reform, we must ban super PACs in primaries," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
The year in inequality in 10 charts
Our economic and racial divides grew even wider in 2021, but there are signs of hope for a more equitable future.
My hunger strike for Gaza: A 31 day experience
I began this hunger strike to demand that my government end the siege on Gaza.
Unfettered and unaccountable: How Trump is building a violent, shadowy federal police
“When is it that we just decided to do things a different way? There’s due process, there’s a legal way, and it just doesn’t seem to matter anymore.”
Texas abortion law reflects GOP turn towards citizen enforcement
Is this the highest-profile example of a growing push by Republicans to give supporters broad power to sue over issues important to their base?
The scary rise of private intelligence companies
In almost every aspect of life, things that used to be done by governments are being outsourced to the private sector with often predictably bad results.
The Dutch city that offered refugees a permanent home
When 500 refugees arrived in their community, residents of Zaandam were wary. But by the time the newcomers could apply for residency status in Europe, neighbors didn’t want them to leave.
Why Wall Street Won the First Round and How We Might Win the Next
To avoid further crises with huge tragic social costs, we have an urgent task to bring finance back under democratic control, to reconfigure society’s relation to finance capital, indeed, to Capital itself.
The American Medical Association has an obligation it’s failing on.
Our government is killing people in cold blood, and the institutions meant to advocate for us remain silent even when it is their peers being forced into tanks, handcuffed, and locked away and tortured.
Ending gender-based violence key to health and well-being
While more evidence on preventing violence and supporting survivors is needed, the time for action is now.