Hate crime or isolated incident? Texas woman charged with attempted murder of Palestinian-American child
A shocking case in Euless, Texas, where a woman attempted to drown a 3-year-old Palestinian-American child, has sparked demands for a hate crime investigation amid rising anti-Muslim sentiments.
New anti-protest laws cast a long shadow on First Amendment rights
A deep divide over protests and who defines what peaceful is?
The people’s Memorial Day
On this Memorial Day let us contemplate the moral injury we do to our nation every day in the never ending wars of the 21st Century.
Good Cops/ Bad Cops
“It is time for the myriad of good cops out there to speak up and speak out against their fellows in blue who shoot and kill the innocent and unarmed... Period!”
Just hours after Trump signs Muslim ban a Texas mosque went up in flames
The mosque has been the target of hatred before and was burglarized just a week ago.
Why canceling student debt is a matter of racial justice
Student debt disproportionately impacts Black and Brown Americans. It’s time to end this collective financial burden, and the president can do so with the stroke of a pen.
Oil and gas worker survey sheds light on unstable and unsafe working conditions
Experiences with dangerous working conditions and instability in the oil and gas industry are echoed in a survey of 1,635 oil and gas workers in the United States.
The February 28 economic blackout
On Feb. 28 join the 24-hour boycott to protest the ongoing actions of the Trump administration and to send a message to corporate America.
No Refuge: Unless Solutions are Found, the Global Refugee Problem Will Only Get Worse
It is human nature to react to crises in the moment rather than look for long term solutions but there is no doubt that the current system of housing people in tent cities, detention centers or demanding that they return home is both cruel and unsustainable.
How student loans became America’s financial catastrophe
From hopeful beginnings to a broken system, student loans reveal how policy choices turned higher learning into a lifelong financial trap.