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June 30, 2022
Is Our First Black Female Supreme Court Justice “Integrating Into a Burning House”?
I watched Ketanji Brown Jackson’s swearing-in with happiness, but she was sworn in with the dumpster fire of this last term blazing in the background.
Joan Walsh
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April 18, 2022
America’s Militarism Will Be Its Downfall
Unapologetic and unembarrassed by its string of recent failures, the war party is once again climbing back into the saddle.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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February 10, 2022
How the “American Dream” Became Un-American
When plutocrats defend it, and democrats bewail its passing, it’s time to recall the original meaning of the phrase.
Maria Bustillos
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January 17, 2022
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Unfinished Work of Abolishing Poverty
Democrats failed to embrace his Freedom Budget for All Americans in the 1960s. That failure needs to be addressed today with a bold program to abolish poverty and injustice.
John Nichols
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November 12, 2021
We Abandon Low-Income Voters at Our Peril
The survival struggles of the poor and dispossessed have long been both a spark for social, political, and economic change in this country.
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
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July 21, 2021
Texan Republican Cancel Culture Targets the Teachings of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Why did Texas senators vote to drop Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” from school curriculums?
John Nichols
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April 5, 2021
MLK Was Right About America’s ‘Spiritual Death’
Pro-austerity and anti-poor economic policies, along with over-militarization, have kept America in a death spiral for the past half-century.
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
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February 15, 2021
Is America’s Soul Beyond Redemption?
It’s been over 50 years since MLK called attention to the “giant triplets” of racism, militarism, and materialism in the US. In 2021, not much has changed.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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January 18, 2021
A $2,000 Check Is a Good Start, but Struggling Americans Need $2,000 Every Month
Dr. King taught us that direct cash payments are a smart response to poverty and mass unemployment. In this crisis, we need to heed that call.
John Nichols
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September 18, 2020
Faith and Labor Movements Are Bridging Trump’s Racial Divide With Hope and Love
The president’s lies and fearmongering don’t lead to inevitable decline. We can push back.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Richard Trumka