Means testing is drowning the disabled in a sea of red tape
“Means testing is ruining my life.”
Sanders, Jayapal plan would tax Wall Street speculation to fund tuition-free college
"The time is long overdue to make public colleges and universities tuition-free and debt-free for working families."
Wildfires are contaminating drinking water systems, and it’s more widespread than people realize
Drinking water should be assumed to be chemically unsafe until proven otherwise.
To address the climate emergency, foundations must spend big on movements
The only way philanthropy can spur the society-wide mobilization necessary to avert climate disaster is by betting big on social movements.
Millions facing eviction and joblessness get no immediate help from Trump’s new executive orders
Under Trump’s order, unemployed workers would continue receiving an additional $400 a week, but only once states put up a quarter of the money and set up a new system to distribute the payments.
Biden’s broken promise to avoid war with Russia may kill us all
On March 11, 2022, President Biden reassured the American public and the world that the United States and its NATO allies were...
Ranchers fight Keystone XL pipeline by building solar panels in its path
It's one of several creative protests against pipeline companies trying to use eminent domain to take private land. A Nebraska hearing is planned for August.
‘Christian left’ is reviving in America, appalled by treatment of migrants
Religiously based moral outrage at Trump’s immigration policies seems to be spurring some long-overdue rethinking of what it means to be Christian in America.
The U.S. is stockpiling nuclear arms, and the cost is astonishing
We're spending $1.2 trillion on weapons that invariably make the world a more dangerous place.
“This is voter suppression”: 198,000 Georgia residents were illegally purged from voter rolls
“I think it’s quite interesting and coincidental … that many of them on that list are African American voters.”