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Members of Congress Shouldn’t Be Getting Rich From Trading Stocks Members of Congress Shouldn’t Be Getting Rich From Trading Stocks

Last year, over a hundred members of Congress bought and sold nearly $290 million in stocks and beat the market.

Jan 17, 2022 / Aída Chávez

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Unfinished Work of Abolishing Poverty

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Unfinished Work of Abolishing Poverty 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.

Jan 17, 2022 / John Nichols

George Floyd protest in Minneapolis

The Protest Movement and the Protest Government The Protest Movement and the Protest Government

No one acquainted with right-wing media can doubt that anger over the 2020 riots—in Portland, Seattle, Kenosha, Philadelphia, and elsewhere—fed the wildness of the January 6 riot.

Jan 14, 2022 / David Bromwich

UFCW Worker Striking

Workers Are Paying the Price for Kroger’s Profits Workers Are Paying the Price for Kroger’s Profits

A survey of 10,000 grocery-store employees lays out the job’s human cost.

Jan 14, 2022 / Kim Kelly

Will Democracy Die Before Our Eyes?

Will Democracy Die Before Our Eyes? Will Democracy Die Before Our Eyes?

This isn’t a dress rehearsal.

Jan 13, 2022 / OppArt / Sue Coe

Statues Down!

Statues Down! Statues Down!

A changing of the guard.

Jan 12, 2022 / OppArt / Mohsin Mohi Ud Din

Dakota Access Pipeline Protest

It’s Time to Hold Law Firms Accountable for Their Role in Climate Change It’s Time to Hold Law Firms Accountable for Their Role in Climate Change

Students are boycotting Gibson Dunn for representing the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, undermining the Indian Child Welfare Act, and more.

Jan 12, 2022 / StudentNation / Leehi Yona and David Cremins

Whose Body Is It?

Whose Body Is It? Whose Body Is It?

Choice on the line again.

Jan 11, 2022 / OppArt / Ron Hauge

The Indomitable Rev. Addie L. Wyatt

The Indomitable Rev. Addie L. Wyatt The Indomitable Rev. Addie L. Wyatt

The trailblazing Black labor leader and civil rights activist took her fight for equality from the packinghouse to the pulpit.

Jan 11, 2022 / Kim Kelly

There Is Something Very Wrong With a Society That Scapegoats Its Teachers

There Is Something Very Wrong With a Society That Scapegoats Its Teachers There Is Something Very Wrong With a Society That Scapegoats Its Teachers

It’s no accident that teachers are being attacked for everything from teaching about racism to asking for adequate Covid protections.

Jan 11, 2022 / StudentNation / Liat Olenick

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