Inequality

EPB technicians

The New Sewer Socialists Are Building an Equitable Internet The New Sewer Socialists Are Building an Equitable Internet

A blue-collar manufacturing town in southern Appalachia offers a roadmap for reclaiming the Internet’s utopian potential.

Nov 28, 2017 / Evan Malmgren

LA County women's jail

In Prison, Women Are 9 Times More Likely to Be HIV-Positive In Prison, Women Are 9 Times More Likely to Be HIV-Positive

The disparity between infection rates in incarcerated and non-incarcerated women highlights the deeply unequal state of our criminal-justice system.

Nov 24, 2017 / Akilah Wise

Jail Cell Madison

Do Nothing and Help Dismantle Our Broken Criminal-Justice System Do Nothing and Help Dismantle Our Broken Criminal-Justice System

A new “slacktivist” app mines cryptocurrency to pay for bail funds.

Nov 21, 2017 / Natasha Lennard

Net Neutrality Protest

Take Urgent Action for Net Neutrality, Plus: A Thanksgiving Table DREAM Act Toolkit Take Urgent Action for Net Neutrality, Plus: A Thanksgiving Table DREAM Act Toolkit

Take Action Now gives you three meaningful actions each week.

Nov 21, 2017 / NationAction

How the State Can Make Inequality Worse

How the State Can Make Inequality Worse How the State Can Make Inequality Worse

From zoning and licensing boards to bank bailouts, the state has often been captured by corporations and the wealthy.

Nov 21, 2017 / Steven Teles and Brink Lindsey

Guanabara Rio Pollution

Pollution Kills an Estimated 9 Million People Every Year Pollution Kills an Estimated 9 Million People Every Year

And the world’s poorest people bear the brunt.

Nov 21, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Danica Roem Canvass

Anti-Trump Fervor Can’t Fully Explain What Happened This Month Anti-Trump Fervor Can’t Fully Explain What Happened This Month

Democratic candidates ran on bold, progressive ideas that inspired voters.

Nov 21, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Medicare-for-All-AP-img

Here’s a Path to Medicare for (Almost) All That Isn’t Doomed to Fail Here’s a Path to Medicare for (Almost) All That Isn’t Doomed to Fail

Bernie Sanders and John Conyers are proposing massive changes, for a huge number of people, in a very short space of time. There’s a better, less risky way.

Nov 20, 2017 / Joshua Holland

Morocco protest

The Revolutionary Potential of Journalism in Morocco The Revolutionary Potential of Journalism in Morocco

Despite free-speech reforms, Moroccan reporters work in a “perpetual state of dread.”

Nov 17, 2017 / Benjamin Lesire-Ogrel and Cole Stangler

Speaker Paul Ryan

Republicans in Congress Think You’re an Idiot Republicans in Congress Think You’re an Idiot

The GOP tax bill should be toxic to everyone who is not ultra-rich.

Nov 17, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

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