Automatic draft registration undoes a victory decades in the making
Quiet mass resistance led Congress to end compulsory draft registration, but a plan for “automatic” registration threatens that victory.
DHS warehouse jail plan signals historic expansion of immigration detention
Documents and reporting reveal a sweeping plan to convert warehouses and deploy military contracting to rapidly expand immigration jails across the United States.
‘Madness’: Ohio GOP passes bill to arm teachers
"We aren't trusted with the books we choose, but somehow we're supposed to be trusted with a gun in school?" asked one teachers' union leader.
Where are the women CEOs? Should we care?
Women CEOs are becoming slightly less rare at large corporations. But simply replacing men with women at the top of the income scale won't lead to greater equity.
Billions against bargaining: The hidden industry spending fortunes to stop workers from organizing
A new report estimates U.S. employers spend more than $1.5 billion annually on union-avoidance campaigns, exposing a vast network of consultants, law firms, legal loopholes, and delay tactics that labor advocates say have reshaped workers’ ability to organize.
Looking back at the positions on South African apartheid taken by ambitious Democrats
Certain prominent Democrats led efforts in the 1980s to help end apartheid, but the political costs and benefits were uncertain at the time, and some remain debated today.
Climate protesters delay congressional baseball game
The protesters attempted to draw attention to the urgent need for large-scale climate action and pressure Democrat legislators to act.
Experts warn Minnesota crackdown mirrors early stages of US civil war scenarios
Legal scholars and political scientists say the Trump administration’s escalating ICE operation, National Guard brinkmanship, and Insurrection Act threats in Minnesota closely resemble conditions identified in civil war simulations, raising alarms about constitutional collapse and violent state federal conflict.
Suicide is never painless—yet right-wing implosions bring positive changes
The dread now transcends democracy,/ But what survives kakistocracy?
This American for-profit healthcare system would just as soon kill you as look at...
To this system, it doesn't matter whether a person lives or dies as long as it gets paid. That's why our healthcare costs are so high, even though our life expectancy is so low.