Gatekeeping Against a Shared Humanity
A basic foundation of shared humanity is enough to halt almost every ill.
“Shockingly Callous”: Politicians are Turning Down Food Assistance for Poor Children
15 right-wing governors are shamefully refusing federal aid meant to feed hungry kids.
“Unacceptable”: 10 Million American Seniors Worry About Getting Enough to Eat
About 28 million people experienced food scarcity this fall — a significant portion of whom are over 65.
Chris Hedges: The Pedagogy of Power
The ruling classes always work to keep the powerless from understanding how power functions. This assault has been aided by a cultural left determined to banish "dead white male" philosophers.
The New York Times Has Decided We Need to Cut Social Security and Medicare
By Dean Baker / Beat the Press (CEPR) The New York Times editorial board came to a shocking realization this week: we are living on borrowed money. That was the…
America’s Remarkable Unwillingness to Support Its Veterans
Andrea Mazzarino explores how so many of the American military personnel dispatched to fight it and the rest of the disastrous Global War on Terror have suffered until this very…
In the Era of Legal Marijuana, Less Teen Use
Opponents thought legalization would lead to more teens using marijuana. Ten years since the first states legalized, the reverse has happened.
Heading Into International Women’s Day in Mexico: Let’s Be Thousands in the Streets against Femicide and Violence
In 2022, 3,754 women were killed in Mexico, but only 33.7 percent were investigated as femicides. We need to build a movement that fights against misogynist violence.
The Lesson We Need to Teach Our Nation’s Rich
Our educational house most definitely is burning, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders told a town hall on America’s teacher pay crisis at the U.S. Capitol earlier this week.
Chris Hedges: Woke Imperialism
Woke culture, devoid of class consciousness and a commitment to stand with the oppressed, is another tool in the arsenal of the imperial state.
Court of Appeals Rules That Domestic Abusers Can Own Guns
Abusers are five times more likely to kill their female victims if they have access to guns, according to one report.
Ralph Nader: The Progenitor of Inequalities – Corporate Personhood vs. Human Beings
By Ralph Nader The word “inequality” is everywhere in the media. It usually refers either to race, gender, rich vs. poor, or other differences between human beings. Absent from the…
109 Democrats Join GOP’s Ridiculous ‘Horrors Of Socialism’ Vote
Emma Vigeland and Sam Seder look at the recent House vote to denounce socialism and what that means for the future of socialist policies like M4A, with 109 Democrats joining…
Harvard Professors Call For 500k More Armed Cops
In a long and detailed Twitter thread, Alec Karakatsanis dives into a controversial academic article from two Harvard professors calling for the expansion of police.
The Nasty Voices in Our Heads
The Paranoid Nature of American Foreign and Domestic Policy.