Free as you can afford to be
GOP leaders want to protect your "freedom" to be poor, powerless, sick, and uninsured.
Nike, Obama, and the Fiasco of the Trans Pacific Partnership
Obama will be delivering his defense of the proposed TPP at the Nike headquarters in Oregon thinking it is a good example of what he is hoping to accomplish. Unfortunately, Nike is not a solution but is, in fact, the very problem with this TPP proposal.
I am woman, hear me roar
Over half a million women (and some men as well) have used the #MeToo hashtag, exposing in a few short days how pervasive are the crimes of sexual harassment and rape.
A summer survival guide for the Trump era
Remember, resistance works best when people come together and work together.
A Harvey Weinstein moment for America’s wars?
It took a succession of high-profile scandals before Americans truly woke up to the plague of sexual harassment and assault. How long will it take before the public concludes that they have had enough of wars that don’t work?
Why Are We Taxpayers Subsidizing Corporate Crime?
America's laws help deter corporate crime and force victims to help subsidize criminals. It's shameful that the corporate-financed lawmakers legalize such criminality. Are corporate-coddling judges now playing the same disgraceful game?
How Donald Trump threatens the retirement of every American worker
Trump’s attacks on Social Security come as Americans depend on the program more than ever.
Emilio Gutierrez Soto and the fight to protect journalists
Democracy depends on a vigorous free press, and it is up to all of us to demand it, and to defend it.
How workers and management at one company teamed up to fight the pandemic
PCI and Local 286 recognized early on the importance of protecting workers from the virus and preparing for a possible role in distributing vaccines.
The dangerous myth of deregulation
Don’t fall for it. Trump’s binge of deregulation is just another form of trickle-down economics.