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THE FAR RIGHT HATES ‘WOKE’ SOCIETY BECAUSE THEY WANT ONE THAT’S ASLEEP
Florida governor and rising GOP star Ron DeSantis has made a favorite hobby of censoring speech and thought. By Jim Hightower | July 27, 2022 Although we haven’t even gotten through this y... Read More
LIKE BAD SCIENCE FICTION: THE GROWING DANGER OF ANTI-ABORTION EXTREMISM
Contraceptives banned. Miscarriages prosecuted. Pregnant people under surveillance. Is this the future Americans want? By Mitchell Zimmerman | July 27, 2022 It’s January 2026. The Republican presi... Read More
IT’S TIME TO CRACK DOWN ON EXCESSIVE CEO PAY
The pay gap between workers and CEOs at America’s largest low-wage employers is now 670 to 1. That’s obscene. By Sarah Anderson | July 27, 2022 Working families are getting hammered by i... Read More
Exit Capitalism, Stage Left – Episode 12 Out Now!
The twelfth episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left is out now. This podcast is supported by The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights. This episode is the first in our education serie... Read More
SELFISHNESS FUELS THE WAR ON ABORTION
Stories abound of conservative women who picket out front of clinics quietly coming in the back to get their own abortions. By Sonali Kolhatkar | July 20, 2022 The Supreme Court’s dec... Read More
HOMELESSNESS IS A POLICY CHOICE — AND WE CAN CHOOSE DIFFERENTLY
Much of my adult life has been spent homeless or incarcerated. Here’s how we can help people keep a roof over their heads. By Don Gardner | July 13, 2022 Much of my adult life has been spent homel... Read More
HOW TO PREVENT AN AMERICAN THEOCRACY
Six judges shouldn’t get to overturn the will of voters and destroy our rights. Expand the Supreme Court. By Mitchell Zimmerman | July 13, 2022 Barely a month ago we lived in a world where... Read More
AN UGLY NEW ERA OF “STATES’ RIGHTS”
Giving extreme new powers to autocratic, gerrymandered, and unaccountable state governments is not democracy. By Peter Certo | An earlier version of this op-ed was published on May 11, 2022. It was u... Read More