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Op-Ed
Biden’s Safer America Plan Will Harm Already Hyper-Policed Communities
A safer plan for America would invest in its people by promoting alternative deterrents to violence.
MLK’s Vision Lives On in Atlanta’s Fight Against New Police Training Facility
Plans for the “Cop City” in the heart of a working-class Black community include a mock city to practice urban warfare.
Following in MLK’s Footsteps Means Resisting Christian Nationalism
King’s life gives us a blueprint to fight the religious right.
Record Police Killings in 2022 Show Need to Continue Organizing for Abolition
Building power and transformation is about encouraging the grassroots while confronting a resilient carceral state.
McCarthy’s Concessions to MAGA Diehards Have Paved the Way to Brutal Austerity
McCarthy has signed too many promissory notes, and now there are too many liens on his speaker’s gavel.
Labor and Education Activists Must Challenge Private Tech Takeover of Schools
It's time we pushed back against the industry premise that education's purpose is to prepare workers for the job market.
Privatization Scam Threatens to Replace Traditional Medicare Altogether by 2030
Medicare Advantage serves private health insurers and investors at the expense of the public interest.
UK Nurses and Ambulance Workers Are Striking for a Fully Funded NHS
Successive conservative governments have cut funding for the universal health care system once seen as a gold standard.
Biden Admin Needs to Confront GOP’s and Its Own Immigration Policy Failures
Republicans bussing migrants across the U.S. are fomenting chaos to advance a “crisis” narrative of their own making.
Biden’s Expansion of Title 42 Takes Us Further From Humane Border Policy
Far from enhancing public health, Title 42 undermines it by creating cruel and inhumane conditions for migrants.