by Sam Pizzigati | Dec 6, 2019 | Blog, Democracy, Economy, Election, Featured
Is America’s political discourse on inequality finally getting real? In the early going of the 2020 presidential campaign, this has become a question worth asking. White House hopefuls have been condemning the maldistribution of America’s income and wealth with an...
by Thom Hartmann | Dec 5, 2019 | Blog, Democracy, Featured, Supreme Court
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore / flickr / cc There is a very simple reason why some Republicans voted for the impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon, but none have so far broken ranks against Trump. That reason is a corrupted U.S. Supreme Court. In 1976 (Buckley...
by Chelsea Hoglen | Dec 4, 2019 | Blog, Featured, I Speak, Rural
Here in North Carolina, like many other rural areas around the country, reactionary forces have used trends like the decline of jobs, infrastructure, and public services to consolidate power, advance racist and misogynist narratives, and erode public confidence in the...
by Lindsay Koshgarian | Dec 2, 2019 | Blog, Economy, Featured
Photo credit: Markeith Horace/MCoE PAO / cc If you’re following the presidential race, you’ve heard plenty of sniping about Medicare for All and whether we can afford it. But when it comes to endless war or endless profits for Pentagon contractors, we’re told we...
by Connie Huynh | Nov 27, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Health, Organizing, Policy
Achieving Medicare for All in the United States would mean replacing our current broken patchwork of a healthcare system with one where everyone could access comprehensive, equitable care whenever and wherever they need it. The path to winning Medicare Care for All...
by Tom Conway | Nov 26, 2019 | Blog, Climate, Environment, Featured, Future of Work
Photo credit: CSB.gov / cc The March 2005 fire and explosions at BP’s Texas City, Texas, oil refinery killed 15 contractors and injured 180 other workers in ways that will haunt them forever. Some lost limbs. Others suffered horrific burns, head injuries or wounds...
