A Glaringly Obvious Answer to America’s Truck Driver Shortage
Understaffed trucking companies are trying to roll back child labor rules. Why not just stop discriminating against women?
The Price of Amazon’s “Prime” Business Model Is Our Bodies
The billion-dollar company profits off pushing workers like me to our physical limits — only to ignore us when we’re hurt on the job.
Climate Is the Fight of Our Lifetime. Our Federal Budget Should Reflect That.
More than half of discretionary spending goes to the military. Only a tiny fraction addresses the most urgent threat to our security.
Mandatory Overtime Is Inhumane and Dangerous
Mill workers are battling harder than ever against overtime requirements that strain families and put lives at risk.
We Still Have a Dream
Sixty years after Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, our racial economic divide is vast as ever. But it can still be closed — and quickly.
A Tale of Two Tragedies at Sea
Why should lost billionaires get an international rescue effort while hundreds of refugees are left to die at sea?
Overcoming the Distorted Narrative of Christian Nationalism
I grew up in a church community that pitted people against each other and called it “Christianity.” As a pastor now myself, I know there’s another way.
Keeping Workers Poor is Bad for Business
At America's biggest low-wage employers, chief executives now pocket 670 times more than their workers.
Only in Top Gun can the Military Solve All our Problems
In real life, plowing money into shiny fighter jets while Americans struggle and the climate burns makes us less safe.