Social Justice

Let the Killing Stop Let the Killing Stop

Kurt Vonnegut’s earliest recorded speech implored a bungling administration to stop committing brutalities. Little has changed.

Mar 31, 2020 / Kurt Vonnegut

Progressive ideas on housing, health care access, wage subsidies, and more are entering the mainstream at a startling pace.

Mar 31, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

The stimulus package won’t reach everyone who needs help right now.

Candi Brings Plenty, a two-spirit activist, is redefining indigenous justice.

Mar 27, 2020 / Q&A / Tal Milovina

Zenei Cortez, a nurse and union leader, says not giving medical workers protective gear is like giving a firefighter a squirt gun.

Mar 26, 2020 / Q&A / Sarah Jaffe

Reopening the economy would put immunocompromised children in danger.

Mar 25, 2020 / Sara Luterman

All taxpayers, including the undocumented, must receive direct cash support.

Mar 23, 2020 / Ady Barkan

Target and many other big retailers have yet to provide paid sick leave, endangering workers and customers.

Mar 19, 2020 / P.E. Moskowitz

The behind-the-scenes player in New York’s progressive wave says the state should be “a lesson to national Democrats.”

Mar 16, 2020 / DJ Cashmere

The pandemic lays bare how American politicians have ignored the past and its injustices. It’s time for repentance, not just prayer.