Truthout
Op-Ed
Higher Education Is Exploiting International Students for Cheap Teaching Labor
Academic labor should be compensated no matter who is doing the teaching.
20 Years After Patriot Act, Surveillance of Arabs and Muslims Is Relentless
New forms of solidarity have emerged in response to the overreach and unconstitutional nature of the Patriot Act.
Pink Ribbon Banking Claims to Fight Cancer But Boosts Carcinogenic Fossil Fuels
Susan G. Komen has a legacy of unabashed complicity in cancer-causing partnerships.
Establishment Dems in Buffalo Unfazed by Sabotage of Party’s Mayoral Nominee
If a candidate from the left won in this manner, the party establishment would likely issue a ruthless condemnation.
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.