The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Detention Operators Face Suits Over $1-a-Day Work Programs for Migrants
Private prison companies are accused of breaking laws by paying migrants $1 a day. Geo Group and CoreCivic say the work is voluntary.
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In Trump, Brexit and the Transatlantic Game of Chicken, Public Is Divided
"There is no longer a significant majority in parliament in favor of any Brexit outcome. And in this case, public opinion seems to reflect parliamentary opinion: the public is divided, too.”
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Whataboutism, Part I: Trump's Rhetorical Technique To Subvert Political Discourse
To understand Donald Trump's rhetorical success, we must recognize his mastery of Whataboutism – employing the brutality of a personal attack to divert attention from any argument.
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Occupy ICE Activists Attract Rival Counter-Protesters Armed with Guns
As Occupy ICE camps continue to spread across the US, some activists have warned that they have been subjected to intimidation by armed, Trump-supporting counter-protesters.
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Baltimore Sues 26 Fossil Fuels Companies Over Climate Change
The city’s waterfront revitalization has become a model for urban development, but sea level rise and extreme weather are putting its future at risk.
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Rebel Cities 9: Iceland's Slow-Burning Digital Democratic Revolution
Icelanders to their credit have twice peacefully ousted governments, they are world leaders in transparency laws and digital freedom, and they decided not to bail out its failed banks.
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2018 update: More evidence that half of Americans are in or near poverty
By any rational definition of poverty, half of our country's households are dealing with it.
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American Exceptionalism Is a Dangerous Myth
Instead of disrespecting the achievements of other countries, the U.S. needs to learn from them.
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By Exploiting and Mismanaging Public Pensions, Wall Street Has Cost Taxpayers $600 Billion Over Last Decade
"Most people (including policymakers) still have no idea that skimming fees off public employees' retirement savings has become one of the largest sources of profits for Wall Street moguls."
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As Finance Capital Pushes Back, Public Banking Must Build and Take Power
To succeed, the public banking movement needs to be more than a good idea. We need supporters to number in the tens of thousands – for if there is not unyielding public demand, there will be no public bank.