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How Data Can Help Fight Police Violence
In 2014, Black people in the US were nearly three times more likely than Whites to be killed by police.
Torturing Democracy: The Freedom of Information Act and First Amendment Under Assault
Tactics by the US government to avoid release of torture photos for 11 years have become a threat to constitutional government.
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Welcome to the Era of Stop-Go Austerity
The recovery of 2013-2015, which is falsely viewed as a vindication of austerity, is likely to prove self-defeating.
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Charter School “Flexibility” Linked to Major Failures; More Than $3.3 Billion in Taxes Spent
Deep flaws remain in the design, implementation and oversight of a federal program to expand charter schools.
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Celebrating Real Heroes Like the One We’ve Just Lost
Stolen at age 7, Kwementyaye Randall was among many Indigenous facing lies and distortions from Australian authorities.
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Organized Labor Should Spend the Rest of 2015 Training Workers How to Fight
Imagine if a tidal wave of worker strikes for economic and social justice began to rock job sites across the country in the months and years to come.
Thirty Million Gallons Under the Sea: Five Years After BP Disaster, New Drilling OK’d by Spill Site
Drilling has resumed near the site of the BP oil spill.
Punishing Another Whistleblower, Jeffrey Sterling
Former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling was a whistleblower who was then targeted by the US legal system for retaliation, which now includes a 42-month prison sentence.
Financial Exploitation of Women in the Workplace Is the Canary in the Coal Mine
Author Caroline Fredrickson shares her findings on how female workers continue to be economically shortchanged in the United States.
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Maya Schenwar | Stop Punishing People for Poverty: Abolish Bail
Most of the people incarcerated in local jails have not been convicted of a crime.