Hungry and Frightened: Famine in Ethiopia 2016
Food, like water, shelter, access to education and health-care is a human right, and is enshrined as such in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Like all natural resources it should be shared equitably amongst the people of the world.
Debacle at Doha
In announcing the kingdom’s new economic blueprint on April 25th, Prince Mohammed vowed to liberate the country from its “addiction” to oil.”
House Republicans Fight to Cut Important School Lunch Programs
Lunch programs as they are now already receive meager funding. The $13 billion allocated to them is only 2% of our national defense budget.
Noam Chomsky: Sanders is a “Force the Could Change the Country”
Chomsky believes that Sanders’ movement, if turned into “a continuing, organized, mobilized force" could "change the country.”
Why Is the Racial Wealth Gap Widening? And What Should Be Done to Reverse...
All these steps would allow families to invest in their own futures – which is the surest way out of poverty. All of us benefit when everyone has the opportunity to accumulate wealth.
Former House Speaker Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison
Before Dennis Hastert was House Speaker he worked as a teacher and wrestling coach, during which time he sexually abused several of his male students.
Free Trade and Globalization Designed To Screw Workers
The fact that trade has exposed manufacturing workers to international competition, but not doctors and lawyers, was a policy choice, not a natural development.
Four Ways To Fight For Democracy
Following the demonstrations in Washington for voting rights and campaign finance reform, Moyers & Company asked activists to describe how they are carrying the fight forward. This is part of the series.
The Pragmatic Impacts of Sanders’ Big Dreams
Even with Tuesday’s campaign setbacks, Bernie Sanders’ pledge to make the country more equitable and sustainable is more realistic than some people are letting on.
Why Bernie Will, Should and Must Stay in the Race
Bernie has substantively — even profoundly — changed American politics for the better.