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Inequality
Homelessness and Extreme Weather Are Converging Climate Crises
For the homeless, natural disasters prove torturous for more than the fact that it's worse to be outside during a storm.
The WTO Stopped Millions of People From Receiving a COVID-19 Vaccine
The World Trade Organization’s most powerful members quashed a proposal to waive vaccine patents for poorer countries.
Only 0.2 Percent of COVID Vaccines Have Gone to Poor Countries
Experts warn this inequity will persist unless rich countries end their obstruction of efforts to suspend drug patents.
To End Mass Incarceration, We Need to Bust the Myths That Prop It Up
Truthout speaks with Victoria Law about her new primer for people who are starting to think about mass incarceration.
Being “Anti-Racist” Isn’t Enough. The Violence of Whiteness Must Be Exposed.
I want to see a U.S. where white people in congregations scream, “I refuse to live behind the craven mask of whiteness!”
Threat of Authoritarianism Is No Longer on the Horizon: It’s Arrived in the GOP
To counter the fascist politics in the GOP, we need liberatory forms of education to expand the public imagination.
IRS Researchers Find Top 1% of US Households Don’t Report About 21% of Income
The new analysis finds that these households often use complex tax avoidance strategies to outmaneuver audits.
Interest in Public Banks Is Surging This Year
Publicly owned banks around the world have responded quickly and efficiently to crises.
The Late Dr. Bernard Lown Challenged Us to See the Invisible, Do the Impossible
As cofounder of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Bernard Lown lived that challenge.
Infrastructure Should Be the Great Economic Equalizer
The country is critically overdue for infrastructure development.