Poverty

Jackson’s Water System Is Broken by Design

Jackson’s Water System Is Broken by Design Jackson’s Water System Is Broken by Design

Declining federal funding has left the water infrastructure in Mississippi’s capital at the mercy of conservative state politicians.

Feb 22, 2023 / Feature / Hadas Thier

Army-McCarthy hearings

The Absurd Specter of “Woke Communism” The Absurd Specter of “Woke Communism”

Ironically, those decrying woke communism may be loony about “communism,” but they are unintentionally right that capitalism is indeed the problem.

Feb 21, 2023 / Steve Fraser

Striking coal miners, who have been on strike for 18 months, form a picket line outside of the Warrior Met Coal Mine no. 5 on September 1, 2022 in Brookwood Alabama.

Why the Warrior Met Strike Is Ending Why the Warrior Met Strike Is Ending

After 23 months, the union tells more than 1,000 coal miners in Alabama it’s time to head back to work—without the contract they want.

Feb 20, 2023 / Kim Kelly

Mayor of Berlin giving a speech

Berlin’s Recent Botched Election Breeds Public Distrust Berlin’s Recent Botched Election Breeds Public Distrust

So does the Social Democrats’ failure to address the housing crisis.

Feb 17, 2023 / Andrew Pasquier

Nasty, Brutish, and Short—Chicago-Style

Nasty, Brutish, and Short—Chicago-Style Nasty, Brutish, and Short—Chicago-Style

Lori Lightfoot’s tenure as the city's mayor could be coming to its natural end.

Feb 17, 2023 / J. Duncan Moore Jr.

Trey Lamar speaks at a hearing

Apartheid American-Style Apartheid American-Style

The City of Jackson versus the Mississippi State Legislature.

Feb 16, 2023 / Makani Themba

We’re Living in a Golden Age of Plenty—for the Rich

We’re Living in a Golden Age of Plenty—for the Rich We’re Living in a Golden Age of Plenty—for the Rich

Conspicuously absent from this year’s World Economic Forum was one of the most pressing issues of our time, which the elite that gathered are chiefly responsible for creating.

Feb 13, 2023 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

School Voucher Battles

Robbing From the Poor to Educate the Rich Robbing From the Poor to Educate the Rich

The bait of school vouchers—and the switch to strangling public education.

Feb 13, 2023 / Jack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire

Biden at a dais flanked by signs saying

The GOP’s Habitual Lying Is Hazardous to Its Political Health The GOP’s Habitual Lying Is Hazardous to Its Political Health

President Biden deserves credit for humiliating Republicans on Social Security and Medicare. But they made it easy with their metastasizing disregard for the truth.

Feb 10, 2023 / Joan Walsh

University of Oregon student workers

Inside the Campaign to Unionize the University of Oregon Inside the Campaign to Unionize the University of Oregon

If the Oregon workers are successful, they believe they will be the nation’s largest undergraduate student union at a public university.

Feb 10, 2023 / StudentNation / Porter Wheeler

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