Winners (and losers) in New York’s plan to make college free
The first-in-the-nation scholarship program would serve about 1.5 million full-time students. But there are downsides.
Mosul on my mind
What it really means to be on a “flattening” planet.
“They’re killing us like dogs” – A massacre in Bolivia and a plea for...
Writing this dispatch from Bolivia, the conflict here is spiraling out of control and I fear it will only get worse.
Trump administration’s new immigration plan will detain families entering US illegally indefinitely
The new regulation would likely "lead to the detention of thousands of families apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border, by eliminating extra legal protections for children who arrive with their parents."
Texas activists combine social media with old-school tactics to resist conservative agenda
Intersectional movements are helping the left gain ground, not just play defense.
The greater the disaster, the greater the profits
The border-industrial complex in the post-Trump era...
Biden announces new student debt cancellation plan
This plan will eliminate student debt for near 20 million Americans and reduce debt for another 43 million people.
Lawsuits ask courts to bar armed federal agents from polling places before the midterms
New Mexico has already barred them by state law, and the Department of Homeland Security says it has no plans for operations at polls.
Daring to ‘look a sacred cow in the teeth’
Making major cuts to military spending would increase U.S. national security.
The two 500 lb. gorillas in the room
Who needs the super rich? I don’t. Do you?