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“Free College” Fails to Address Racial and Class Gaps
For lower- and middle-income students, “free public college” isn't truly free if only tuition is covered.
Does Most of Your Paycheck Go to Rent? That May Be Hurting Your Health
More than 800,000 households spend at least half of their income on housing.
Jim Crow in Our Climate Crisis
Extreme weather is blowback from energy systems that were designed and operated in ways that entrenched inequalities.
HUD’s Inspection System Gets a Poor Grade in Congressional Watchdog’s Report
There are numerous cases in which substandard housing complexes received passing — and even glowing — scores from HUD.
Trump’s Golan Heights Tweet Disregards History, Law and Ethics
It is crucial that the international community demonstrate its opposition in the form of sanctions.
How Jim Crow Went to China in the Making of Big Tobacco
Our understanding of corporate power has been clouded in smoke.
Shunning Corporate PACs Won’t End Corporate Influence in Elections
Industry will still find ways for money to reach the candidate through “individual donations.”
The FBI Is the Enemy of the Left
The FBI's infiltration of the Left in the 1960s and ’70s should make us think twice about praising it.
Down the Imperial Memory Hole With Venezuela
The U.S. is determined to destroy all vestiges of the Bolivarian revolution, which put people before profits.
Foreign-Owned Corporations Funnel Millions Into US Elections
Under current rules, the Federal Election Commission has no tools to stop any sort of influence from foreign nationals.