Inequality

The ACLU Fights for Minneapolis

The ACLU Fights for Minneapolis The ACLU Fights for Minneapolis

Though international attention has waned, the battle over policing here still rages. Several lawsuits by the ACLU cut to the heart of what's at stake.

Aug 31, 2022 / Alyssa Oursler

Four student loan borrowers stage a rally holding signs in front of The White House to celebrate President Biden’s canceling student debt

Biden’s Debt Relief Is Actually a Victory for Left Organizing Biden’s Debt Relief Is Actually a Victory for Left Organizing

The former “senator from MBNA” didn’t deliver student debt relief out of the goodness of his heart—but in response to a long, well-organized campaign.

Aug 29, 2022 / Jeet Heer

The Dark Seid

The Dark Seid The Dark Seid

Cristmas.

Aug 26, 2022 / Steve Brodner

Rationing of Medical Equipment Is Costing Disabled People Their Lives

Rationing of Medical Equipment Is Costing Disabled People Their Lives Rationing of Medical Equipment Is Costing Disabled People Their Lives

With the government refusing to make medicine and medical equipment accessible, sick, and disabled people have to rely on each other for support. 

Aug 26, 2022 / First Person / Nolan Trowe

Mónica Ramírez

Transforming the Narrative of the Latinx Community Transforming the Narrative of the Latinx Community

A conversation with organizer Mónica Ramírez, the founder of Justice for Migrant Women, on the goals of the Latinx House’s upcoming Raizado Festival.

Aug 25, 2022 / StudentNation / Mara Marques Cavallaro

Demonstrators demand President Biden cancel student loan debt outside the White House.

Joe Biden’s $10,000 Student Debt Cancellation Is a Huge Win—but It’s Not Enough Joe Biden’s $10,000 Student Debt Cancellation Is a Huge Win—but It’s Not Enough

It’s time to make higher education a true public good, with free-college legislation.

Aug 24, 2022 / Suzanne Kahn

Howard Zinn speaking

Howard Zinn at 100: Remembering “The People’s Historian” Howard Zinn at 100: Remembering “The People’s Historian”

Zinn made no pretense of neutrality. He believed that “in a world of conflict,” it was the historian’s job to advocate for the oppressed.

Aug 24, 2022 / Robert Cohen and Sonia Murrow

How to Kill a Rural Hospital

How to Kill a Rural Hospital How to Kill a Rural Hospital

In Gallup, New Mexico, doctors and community members are rallying to save Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital.

Aug 23, 2022 / Feature / Cecilia Nowell

World War II veterans and military men pay their respect as they lay wreaths at the monument of the Soviet Army in central Sofia on May 9, 2008.

Balkan Dispatch: Bulgaria’s Crisis of Confidence Balkan Dispatch: Bulgaria’s Crisis of Confidence

Caught between a Russian past and a NATO future, the poorest country in the EU faces a political crisis—and a struggle over competing visions of national pride.

Aug 22, 2022 / Jeet Heer

Puerto Rico Has a Big-Pharma Problem

Puerto Rico Has a Big-Pharma Problem Puerto Rico Has a Big-Pharma Problem

The US territory gives pharmaceutical companies big tax breaks that could otherwise be invested in its communities, where the revenue is deeply needed.

Aug 19, 2022 / Julio López Varona

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