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Most Student Debtors Can’t Make Their Payments. It’s Time for Debt Cancelation.
A new study shows that contrary to myth, the greatest benefit of debt cancelation goes to those with the least wealth.
To End Racial Capitalism, We Will Need to Take On the Institution of Policing
Activists who are working to defund the police are also part of a collective struggle to end neoliberal capitalism.
Chomsky: Republicans Are Willing to Destroy Democracy to Retake Power
Let's not discount the threat posed by the proto-fascist GOP, especially in the context of the global climate emergency.
To Address Increasing Inequality and Global Poverty, We Must Cancel Debt
Massive debt levels are creating a global crisis. “The slates must be wiped clean,” says scholar Eric Toussaint.
A National Strike Has Reignited in Colombia — and Is Winning Some Victories
The strike forced the government to withdraw a tax on basic necessities and subsidize college for low-income students.
Even With Light at the End of the Pandemic Tunnel, We Mustn’t Be Complacent
The hope of economic recovery can unravel very quickly if we give in to GOP pressure against a big infrastructure bill.
In Working-Class NJ Town, Activists Push to Invest in Community, Not Police
Abolitionists are confronting racial capitalism and policing in the post-industrial city of Paterson, New Jersey.
Modi’s Pandemic Response in India Is Turning a Profit From Death
The murderous division of labor between the state and the people needs to be reversed.
Extractive Companies Privatize Repression and Counterinsurgency in the Americas
As resistance to fossil fuels grows, private militaries have become a lucrative business, especially in Latin America.
Resuscitating Normalcy Will Kill Us. What We Need Is a Just Recovery.
What kind of world are we trying to imagine into being?