We Need a Smaller Pentagon
Sorry, but we have too many other needs in this country to spend $858 billion on a department that can’t even pass an audit.
It’s Time to Divest from Systems of Harm and Build an Infrastructure of Care
Advocates need to pressure congress to invest in institutions that care about and prioritize domestic and international wellbeing, while divesting from systems of violence and harm.
“Only a fraction of the size of the investments needed to achieve social and economic equity,” but a historic victory for movements and impacted communities:
The Institute for Policy Studies’ Criminalization of Race and Poverty Project celebrates the historic anti-poverty provisions of the Build Back Better bill passed by the U.S. House while joining social movements in calling for fuller equity.
Tax the Rich. School the Children. Pay the Teachers.
After making the case that universal preschool is even more important under the pandemic, advocates easily won the vote by a 64-36 margin.
Maine People’s Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage, Fund Education, and Provide Universal Family Healthcare
An interview with rising progressive star, Ben Chin, Political Director of Maine People’s Alliance.
A Budget Plan for the People
The President’s populist budget will leave Republicans scrambling to explain why they don’t support it.
It Can’t Happen Here
Au pairs may get an experience they didn’t bargain for when they head for a stint in the United States.
The War on Mommies
We trot out flowers and overdone pancakes every Mother’s Day, but the truth is we don’t value our mothers enough.
Gender Gap
No contraception, no child care, no equal rights, no abortion.