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Op-Ed
“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.
Jim Crow in Our Climate Crisis
Extreme weather is blowback from energy systems that were designed and operated in ways that entrenched inequalities.
Commemorating 40 Years of “Injustice for All”
The unfulfilled promise of “justice for all” lives within the pledge of allegiance, but seemingly nowhere else.
Mozambique Is Drowning. Nebraska Has Flooded. We Need a Green New Deal.
From mass death and displacement in Mozambique to flooded farms in Kansas, the climate refugee crisis is spreading.
Trump Threatens to Unleash Paramilitary Violence in the US
Trump recently hinted that he could use the police, military and biker gangs as armed proxies against his enemies.
Citizenship in the Age of Trump
Trump and his advisers have refused to uphold the rights of U.S.-born citizens, let alone naturalized ones.
Trump Is Livid Because He Can’t Fire All the Investigators
If Trump tries to fire everyone before the hammer comes down, it will be wild times in the nation’s capital.
Let’s Impeach Trump If He Continues the Yemen War
Impeachment proceedings would tie the administration's hands immediately on continuing support for the war.
Hear the Song of the Earth While You Still Can
Dahr Jamail saw and touched and tasted the climate of this world even as it radically shifted before his eyes.
The War on Terror in Our Communities
Let’s make visible the domestic war on terror and work to end it once and for all.