Don’t Cut Care
Aging and disabled Americans — and the workers who care for them — have a huge stake in federal budget negotiations.
Unemployment Insurance Isn’t Holding Back the Economy. Inequality Is.
Ending enhanced unemployment benefits didn’t get people back to work. It just made them poorer.
9/11 at 20: Two Decades of Missed Opportunities
For just a fraction of what we’ve spent on militarization these last 20 years, we could start to make life much better.
It’s Time to Reassess Our Relationship With Israel
Biden can’t say he’s putting human rights first and then welcome a prime minister who boasts about war crimes to the White House.
Biden Is Right to End the War in Afghanistan
Now our obligation is to those Afghans living with the consequences of our four decades of intervention.
Rural Towns Deserve Better Than Prison Jobs
Rural prison towns need jobs. There are better ones than guarding people in cages.
To Save the Planet, We Need to Demilitarize the Police
Even with climate disasters all around us, nonviolent environmental demonstrations face fierce police repression. Why?
The Triumph and Tragedy of the Olympic Refugee Team
It’s beautiful that there’s an Olympic team for 82 million displaced people. But have we accepted mass displacement as the new normal?
Corporations Should Pay Their Fair Share for Human Needs
Corporations pay lower taxes than ever. A modest corporate tax hike would be transformative.
Historic Relief for American Families Is on Its Way to Your Bank Account
If you’re a parent, odds are you’ll be getting a direct deposit very soon.
We Can Have the Filibuster or Democracy, Not Both
The warning from democracy advocates is clear: Kill the filibuster and pass the For the People Act, or our democracy won’t survive.
Now’s the Time to Unrig the Tax Code
Leaked IRS data proves the rumors are true: Many billionaires pay no income taxes. Will that spur reform?
Killing to Show That Killing Is Wrong
As Arizona’s push to revive Nazi-era gas executions shows, the death penalty is barbaric.
Employers: If You Want Workers, Pay a Living Wage
It’s not that people don’t want to work — it’s that they don’t want to work for so little.
Humanizing the People Police Kill
The standard, often unreliable reporting on police killings dehumanizes victims — a fact my own family knows too well.