Can Inequality Be Hardwired into Our DNA?
We need more than a moratorium on making inheritable edits in our genetic code. We need a moratorium on people getting rich off of editing our genes.
The GOP’s Sinister New Nationalism
The party’s assault on “globalists” and “cosmopolitans” pushes against internationalism when it’s needed most.
Trump’s Cuts to Food Stamps Are Indefensible, Economically and Morally
The SNAP program reduces poverty better than anything else, with very little fraud.
Celebrate American Excellence — With Equal Pay
In soccer and in everything else, we need to pay America’s millions of underpaid women what they’re worth.
House Anti-BDS Resolution Reveals the Power and Limits of the Israeli Lobby
The defense of Palestinian rights has become more acceptable and accusations of anti-Semitism have become more sparing in the mainstream media, despite the House’s recent resolution against the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.
How to Decide the Fate of the Planet
Is China or the Green New Deal the Answer to Climate Change?
The Mad Military Money Machine
The military industrial complex is costly and inefficient. It’s time to cut the defense budget and end its wasteful practices.
As the Far Right Goes Global, So Do Anti-BDS Bills
An increasingly global campaign to tar the BDS movement as “anti-Semitic” comes as Israel’s staunchest global defenders are increasingly anti-Semites themselves.
Airline Catering Workers Connect Poverty Wages to Corporate Greed
Thousands of subcontracted workers who prepare and deliver in-flight meals are demanding better pay and healthcare from the multibillion-dollar airline industry.
What the House Anti-BDS Resolution Reveals About the Palestine Solidarity Movement
How can we pierce the Washington bubble and bring Congress into greater congruence with changing public opinion?
Why Did Democrats Pass Trump’s 2-Year Budget and Debt Ceiling Bill?
On Thursday the House passed a massive $2.7 trillion budget and debt ceiling bill with overwhelming support from Democrats and only 65 Republican votes.
Ilhan Omar Is Fighting for the White Working Class—Even as They Chant ‘Send Her Back’
Racism, Islamophobia, false charges of anti-Semitism, and even death threats aren’t going to stop Ilhan Omar from fighting for all of our rights.
A Lesson from West Africa, a Global Inequality Ground Zero
To end poverty at the bottom of our economic orders, we need to stop wealth from concentrating at the top.
3 Bills to Rein in Executive Pay
Before heading home for summer recess, members of Congress are rushing to introduce proposals for cracking down on overpaid executives.
Boris Johnson and the New Battle of Britain
As hard Brexiteer Boris Johnson takes over, Labour is finally coming down on the side of Remain. Will it be too late?
What Kind of Trade Policy Should Progressives Support?
NAFTA 2.0 simply locks in existing drives toward ecological collapse and social inequality. A better deal would put people — and nature — first.
The U.S. Spends More on Its Military Than 144 Countries Combined
The numbers are stark increases from last year’s differences.
It’s Time For a 100% Tax on Billionaire Estates
Secretary of Education Betsy Devos and her family’s generational wealth have skyrocketed since Trump’s policies were signed into law.
House Passes Historic Raise The Wage Act For $15 An Hour
If the Raise the Wage Act becomes law, it will mark the first federal minimum wage increase in over a decade and the largest jump ever.
A Tale of Two Druglords
One gets life behind bars, the other retires into luxury. Guess which one wreaked more havoc.
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