Poverty

To Restore American Leadership, the Biden Administration Should Focus on Global Hunger

To Restore American Leadership, the Biden Administration Should Focus on Global Hunger To Restore American Leadership, the Biden Administration Should Focus on Global Hunger

Without intervention, world hunger will reach “biblical proportions” in 2021.

Dec 25, 2020 / Rep. Jim McGovern

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter

A constant fight for freedom, equality, and unity, to change America’s culture of racism.

Dec 23, 2020 / OppArt / Angelique Scott

Ebenezer McConnell

Ebenezer McConnell Ebenezer McConnell

On the chance that the heartless majority leader is not confronted by spirits on Christmas Eve, the voters of Georgia should be prepared to intervene on January 5.

Dec 23, 2020 / John Nichols

Family Separations

Family Separations Family Separations

The parents of over 600 children, separated at the border by the US government, have not been located.

Dec 21, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

The Right Answer Is to Throw Money at the Problem

The Right Answer Is to Throw Money at the Problem The Right Answer Is to Throw Money at the Problem

Progressive are waging and winning the fight for direct payments because, in a pandemic moment, people need cash to survive.

Dec 17, 2020 / John Nichols

It’s Long Past Time to End Inequality

It’s Long Past Time to End Inequality It’s Long Past Time to End Inequality

Our government has dedicated significant resources to produce a Covid-19 vaccine in record time. The same could be done to combat poverty and inequality.

Dec 17, 2020 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

Women in Mexico Reckon With the High Cost of Migration

Women in Mexico Reckon With the High Cost of Migration Women in Mexico Reckon With the High Cost of Migration

With husbands dying—from Covid-19, dangerous jobs, and more—in the US, many Mexican women are wondering whether migration is worth it anymore.

Dec 17, 2020 / Photo Essay / Lorena Ríos

Dean Spade and book cover

Dean Spade on the Promise of Mutual Aid Dean Spade on the Promise of Mutual Aid

The radical law professor explains how we can meet each other’s needs with dignity, care, and justice.

Dec 16, 2020 / Daniel Fernandez

How Did We End Up With Our Current Public Defender System?

How Did We End Up With Our Current Public Defender System? How Did We End Up With Our Current Public Defender System?

Sara Mayeux’s new history highlights how without a more fundamental transformation of criminal law, public defenders often provide only a limited form of equality and fairness befo...

Dec 14, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Clair

Human Rights Day

Human Rights Day Human Rights Day

Will the USA remember our promise?

Dec 10, 2020 / OppArt / Jos Sances

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