Truthout
Op-Ed
The Steep Cost of Tax Dodging
The Panama Papers are making clear how tax evasive practices contribute to inequality on a global scale.
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The Unbearable Whiteness of Brunch: Fighting Gentrification in Chicago
Organizers recently took direct action in their escalating struggle against gentrification and for their communities.
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Can Social Media Seize Control of Our Elections?
Social media is changing the way that people get their news, but it's not a silver bullet.
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Let Juries Legislate: Why Citizen Juries Are Better Than the Ballot Initiative for Citizen Lawmaking
Randomly sampled juries can provide a method of citizen lawmaking that is far more democratic.
We Stand With Palestine in the Spirit of “Sumud”: The US Prisoner, Labor and Academic Solidarity Delegation to Palestine
We demand freedom for the 7,000 Palestinian political prisoners currently held in Israeli jails and all those fighting for justice everywhere.
Most Racism Is Mundane
The lives of people of color are shaped by race in more ways than a white person might guess.
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The Biggest Threat to the 99% Isn’t the 1%, It’s the 0.1%
Unpack the numbers on the highest earners and there's a stark division between the well-off and the dangerously affluent.
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Changes Are Coming to Cuba, but What Will Those Changes Bring?
A former member of the US blockade-defying Venceremos Brigade reflects on his past trips to Cuba as he plans for another visit.
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Ten Revealing War Lies
Remarks prepared for event in Washington, DC on April 11, 2016.
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How Sanders Could Lay the Foundation for a Third US Political Party
A new, independently financed political party could make Bernie Sanders' call for “political revolution” more than a dream.