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Egalitarians Gain Ground in Washington

If you worry about inequality, and if you want an end to grand — and dangerous — concentrations of income and wealth, pinch yourself. We have entered a new political moment. Egalitarians have suddenly seized the policy momentum. They have forced onto the nation’s...

Get Ready for 100% Just

VIRGINIA — People and Planet First leaders gathered to build a long term strategy to grow their base of low-income people and communities of color in the fight for climate justice. Since its founding, People’s Action Institute has been organizing to address the...

More Billionaire Presidential Candidates: A Bitter Pill

Billionaires are pretty damn sure they know what’s best for you. No more taxes on the rich and none of that Medicare-for-all is what’s best for you, according to two billionaires toying with seeking the presidency. Or, maybe, that’s what’s best for them. One of those...

For Iowa's Sake, Steve King Must Resign

Communities like mine are dying. Steve King, the congressman who supposedly represents us in the Fourth District of Iowa, should be fighting for us in Washington. Yet he stays mostly silent about this crisis. Instead, King spouts racist rants about immigrants (whom he...

In Solidarity with Jussie

Photo courtesy of Music of Sound / Jussie Smollett In reading about the racist and homophobic attack on 36-year-old actor Jussie Smollett, I was plunged into deep sadness. I stand in spiritual solidarity with Jussie - I cannot be at his bedside tonight. Instead, I’ve...

Teacher Strikes Shift Politics of Charter School Agenda

Photo credit: Fibonacci Blue/flickr/cc The emergence of charter schools as an important consideration in teacher collective bargaining agreements, and the recognition of charters as a form of privatization, are two major developments in the education policy and...

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