Close the audit gap
Millionaires who skip their taxes should get audited, not the working poor. Closing that gap isn’t just fair — it’s essential to protect our democracy.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign born again
Now, 50 years later, a coalition has formed anew to organize poor people in the U.S. into what King called "a new and unsettling force" to fight poverty and forge meaningful change.
Power Loves the Dark
Police nationwide are secretly exploiting intrusive technologies with the Feds’ complicity.
Green New Deal XXIII: Fixing our broken food system means ending corporate power
We need to rethink how we grow our food in a biodiversity-friendly way that mitigates rather than accelerates the climate breakdown.
Spectators, Shoppers and Voters… NOT Citizens!!
I begin my column with the profound words from the great anti-empire documentarian Paul Edwards, at the end of his fine new...
Chief Obama trade negotiator: “We can get the votes” for TPP
“I don’t see how anyone could believe there was integrity in this process.”
BREAKING: Officer who shot Keith Lamont Scott will not face charges in his death
“It is my opinion that Officer Vinson acted lawfully when he shot Mr. Scott.”
In California’s Imperial Valley, residents aren’t waiting for government to track pollution
For marginalized communities along the California-Mexico border, projects to gather and share scientific reports are crucial to holding agencies accountable.
5 ways to support courageous nonviolent resistance in Ukraine
Government and civil society can take immediate action to break the dynamic of violence and build a more sustainable just peace in Ukraine.
Clues from history: Why Trump’s presidency is over
Many state governments over the years have reached exactly this point of racial toxicity – and crumbled.