Progressive Picks

No task is more urgent for racial justice advocates today than ensuring that Americau2019s current racial caste system is its last.

Howard Zinn: As the economic situation of the universities becomes more precarious and faculties shrink, it becomes easier to get rid of undesirables, whether political dissidents or just troublesome …

Mathew Rothschild: And like John Lennon, Howard Zinn wasnu2019t afraid to call himself a dreamer.

Paul Krugman: Itu2019s extremely important that we take action to promote a real, full recovery.

But to the young indignados and protestors elsewhere in the world, capitalism is failing to produce what was promised, but is delivering on what was not promised - inequality, …

"The tragic irony of the Obama years so far is that he inherited a country that was entering a crisis that the meritocracy produced, one that's bigger than the …

Chris Hayes: We largely ignore the effect of extreme inequality that is, in the long run, the most destructive: the way it makes those at the top of the …

At its heart, Twilight of the Elites is an indictment of the meritocracyu2014or what passes for it.

A major political realignment is the only way plutocratic control over our current elected officials in DC will change, according to Chuck Collins in his new book,

The ladder of opportunity for Americau2019s middle class depends on strong and accessible public educational institutions, libraries, state parks and municipal pools.