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Op-Ed
The Stock Market Is Recovering. We Are Not. Congress Is to Blame.
In the present crisis, both congressional action and inaction suggest that its priority is preserving capital.
It’s Trump vs. Bolton, and I’m Rooting for a Meteor
Sun Tzu said, “If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.” I’m still waiting.
Health Care Anti-Bias Tools May Be Endangering Classes of Essential Workers
Protocols for prioritizing COVID-19 treatment are implicitly biased against the mostly non-white essential workers.
Pence Falsely Claims COVID Rates in Oklahoma Are Declining Ahead of Trump Rally
In Tulsa, and Oklahoma in general, coronavirus cases are increasing, not decreasing as the vice president suggests.
From Trans Rights to Black Lives Matter, Trump Supporters Are Outnumbered
Is the tide definitively turning against Trump supporters?
We Are Witnessing an Uprising Against a World Built on Anti-Blackness
This is not a protest about “bad apples” among police, it’s an uprising against a system built on anti-Black violence.
Beyond Workplace Rights, SCOTUS Ruling Defangs Trump Attack on Trans Health Care
It’s clear that the Trump administration has no ground to stand on when it comes to anti-LGBTQ discrimination.
Surrounded by Liars and Lickspittles, Trump Dares COVID to Kill Him
Trump’s fact-starved obsession with reelection and his racist disinterest in COVID have reached a collision point
We Need a Green New Deal to Confront the Economic Crash and Climate Crisis
Our post-pandemic world needs not recovery but rebuilding with a vision of racial, environmental and climate justice.
When White People Call the Cops on Black People, They Lay Bare Classic US Racism
The Amy Cooper incident in Central Park is the daily living reality for most Black people in the U.S.