Truthout
Op-Ed
We Work Too Damn Much. Let’s Demand a 4-Day Workweek by 2022.
A four-day workweek would make time to rebalance our lives and also create space for collective action to thrive.
Let’s Turn Rising Generations Into War Resisters Rather Than Veterans
No amount of moralizing or drum-beating can ever inspire people like me to fight a war for US war-makers again.
GOP’s Banning of Books and Attack on Teachers Expose the Party’s Rising Fascism
The Republican Party makes clear that educational practices that inform and liberate are a threat to its politics.
Public-Private Partnerships Are Quietly Hollowing Out Our Public Libraries
Private companies contracted to “streamline” public libraries are doing it at the cost of decent-paying union jobs.
Report Outlining How to Cut $1 Trillion From Defense Budget Is Just a Start
A rational defense policy could yield far more in the way of reductions.
Social Workers Can No Longer Remain Silent on Oppression of Palestinians
For too long social work has neglected its obligation to stand with the oppressed and fight alongside the marginalized.
Democrats’ Failure to Effectively Champion Voting Rights May Cost Them in 2022
This stalemate is one that Democrats can only break by ditching the filibuster.
Schools That Ban Symbols of Antiracism From the Classroom Are Normalizing Racism
Black students deserve public school systems that support rather than traumatize them.
Students Are Pushing US Colleges to Sever Ties With Military-Industrial Complex
Students and young people are witnesses to the ways in which U.S. education is deeply complicit with war and militarism.
Public Banking Has the Potential to Truly Revolutionize Our Economy
The public banking movement is creating an opening wedge for the transfer of finance from private to public control.