If we want to build up a green manufacturing economy, we should directly invest in it, not plow more money into military spending.
Read moreEconomic Justice
Combating inequality means both lifting up and building power at the bottom, and breaking up concentration of wealth and power at the top. That’s why we work at the intersection of economic and racial justice through projects designed to build leadership and self-empowerment of black workers, immigrant workers, and low-wage workers, youth and families affected by incarceration, along with projects aiming to reverse the rules that criminalize poor people of color, and projects fighting to ensure that the wealthy and Wall Street corporations pay their fair share of taxes.
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Washington’s Strange Nuclear Bedfellows
The United States, as the world’s undisputed nuclear weapons superpower, should finally ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
Read moreAvoiding the Next Arctic Oil Disaster
Exxon’s Valdez disaster had ruinous and enduring impacts.
Read moreGrand Old Pedagogy
We’re a diverse nation of many religions and each has the same rights as any other group, including the right to be left alone.
Read moreDown and Out on Wall Street
We should all be as broke as they are.
Read moreBetter Public Schools Require a Stronger Safety Net
School segregation by class is the norm in the United States.
Read moreNuclear Alert
The red alert from Iran, with some context.
Read moreCorporate Campaign Spending: They Get What They Pay for
For America’s corporations, it pays to get involved in elections. This might be good for business, but it’s bad for politics.
Read moreThe Lineup: Week of March 19-25, 2012
Jim Hightower lauds the residents of Keene, New Hampshire who don’t want their town to get its own tank.
Read moreThe Humanity of Poetry
The 500 poets participating in Split This Rock Poetry Festival come from all walks of life and all levels of education and training.
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