Victor Jara

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…

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 |…

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 |…

The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Stands with Striking UC Grad Students and Postdocs

We at the Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights stand in solidarity with the striking UC workers.

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…

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…

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…

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…

MOST AMERICANS SUPPORT ABORTION RIGHTS. DO YOUR LEADERS?

Now’s a good time to search out their position. If they oppose your fundamental rights, then it’s your right to…