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“Your Debt Is Someone Else’s Asset”: Calls Grow to Keep Student Loan Moratorium
The $15 trillion in U.S. household debt is a form of wealth transfer from the poor to the rich.
House Passes Largest Military Budget Since WWII Despite Afghanistan War’s End
The Senate also voted down a bipartisan bid by three senators to halt $650 million in U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
As Columbia’s Endowment Grows to $14 Billion, Student Workers Demand Living Wage
Three thousand student workers at New York City’s Columbia University are on their fifth week of strike.
NYC’s Safe Drug Injection Sites Saved 15 Lives in First Week of Operation
New York's facilities are the first supervised illegal drug injection sites in the U.S.
Gun Control Advocates Demand New Regulations After Michigan School Shooting
Funerals have begun in Oxford, Michigan, for the four students killed when their 15-year-old classmate opened fire.
Haitian Asylum Seekers Held Under Bridge Now Face Inhumane ICE Jail Conditions
Haitians who were whipped by U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback now face further abuse and medical neglect.
If SCOTUS Restricts Abortion Access, Marginalized People Will Be Hurt Most
Low-income, Black, Brown and Indigenous communities, and people who are trans and nonbinary will be most impacted.
Barbados Breaks From British Colonial Rule as Calls Grow for Reparations
Barbados became the world’s newest republic, breaking ties with Britain 55 years after it became an independent nation.
Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders Condemn Violent Police Raid Against Pipeline Protest
Canadian police continued to arrest land defenders after a violent raid that ended a 56-day blockade of a drilling site.
Calls Grow to Drop Murder Charges Against Black Teen Chrystul Kizer in Kenosha
Another case in Wisconsin is drawing new national attention following the Rittenhouse self-defense verdict.