Trump Snubbed McCain. The Media Snubbed the Rest of Us.
The media treated Trump’s petty snub of John McCain as a bigger controversy than the $717 billion Pentagon bill named for the Arizona senator.
If Ireland Can Get Out of Fossil Fuels, Your Town Can Too
Almost 900 cities, universities, and governments have divested over $6 trillion from the fossil fuel industry. Why not yours?
Want to Create Useful Jobs? Reduce Fossil Fuel Use
Energy efficiency creates more jobs than fossil fuels – and at a faster rate and lower cost.
You’ve Heard of the Gender Pay Gap, But There’s More
It takes the typical black woman all the way till August to earn what a white male worker got paid last year.
If You Take a Charitable Tax Deduction, You Should Actually Give to Charity
Wealthy donors are hoarding money in shady ‘charity’ accounts in the face of urgent community needs.
Our Missing $10 Trillion
Tax cuts from the Bush, Obama, and Trump years have left a massive gap in the public coffers. This hurts everyone.
Brett Kavanaugh Would Be A Disaster On Climate
When a literal reading of the law makes it harder to regulate corporations, judges like Kavanaugh stick to a literal reading. When it doesn’t, they get creative.
How To Level The Playing Field For Workers — Even With Unions Hurting
A federal jobs and income guarantee could protect workers the way unions once did.
Why I Got Arrested This Summer (And You Should, Too)
With 43 percent of Americans in or near poverty, most of us know there’s something deeply wrong with our democracy. Will we stand up for it?
Abolishing ICE Isn’t Radical — It’s Rational
ICE is supposed to keep Americans safe. Instead, it’s terrorizing refugees, families, and small children.
Poverty Won’t ‘Make America Great’
A recent UN report on international poverty highlighted an unexpected crisis area: the United States.
Unions Have Survived Tough Times Before
The Supreme Court just dealt unions a crushing blow, but they’ve endured worse — and come out stronger.
Corporate Wage Theft is on the Rise
Executives have a powerful incentive to cheat their workers: to pad their own exorbitant paychecks.
The Supreme Court is a Slurring, Undemocratic Mess
The court’s been popping off far-right proclamations like a drunk uncle at Thanksgiving.
We Subsidize the Wrong Kind of Agriculture
We should be supporting the small farmers who sell at farmers markets, not the corporate giants that hurt our health and environment.