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How Privatization Fuels Catastrophic Climate Change

Privatization deals in the realm of climate hand over decision-making from the public to private profiteers. That's an untenable situation.

Donald Cohen and Allen Mikaelian

Viewpoint

Youth to Biden: Drop Debt

Democrats may be doomed in the midterms without student debt cancellation.

Paige Oamek

Meet the High School Students Who Organized Thousands to Walk Out for Amir Locke

Twin Cities teens demand a true ban on deadly "no-knock" warrants, a broken promise from Mayor Frey.

Paige Oamek and Maggie Duffy

Labor

The Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Create Nearly as Many Jobs as it Says It Does

The industry is wildly fudging the numbers to make itself look like a major job creator. We shouldn’t be fooled.

Wenonah Hauter

Viewpoint

Joseph Stiglitz: The Wrong Way to Respond to Inflation? Panicking.

The data show there's no reason to react rashly with large across-the-board interest-rate hikes. Instead we should pursue policies that tax the rich and benefit working people.

Joseph Stiglitz

ViewpointRural America

The U.S. Dairy System Is in Crisis and Exporting More Milk to Canada Won’t Fix It

U.S. farm policies are bad for dairy farmers, cows, customers and the climate. We shouldn’t try to defeat Canada’s dairy system—we should learn from it.

Niaz Dorry

Biden's Plan to Permanently Seize Afghan Assets Set to Cause Untold Suffering

"I can't think of a worse betrayal of the people of Afghanistan than to freeze their assets and give it to 9/11 families," said one person whose brother was killed on Sept. 11, 2001.

Jon Queally

Labor

1 in 4 Temp Workers Reports Wage Theft, New Survey Finds

In an industry plagued with poverty pay, job insecurity and deceptive recruitment practices, temp workers have scant protections.

Amy Qin

Feature

What Moderna Reveals About the Cruel Absurdity of "Innovation" Under Pharmaceutical Monopolies

South African scientists spent 8 months reinventing the wheel while Moderna withheld patent information.

Sarah Lazare

Viewpoint

U.S. Militarism Is a Cause of Tension in Eastern Europe, Not a Solution

The United States backing Ukraine raises tension with Russia and is another move to feed into the military-industrial complex.

Khury Petersen-Smith

How Targeting Programs to Poor People Leaves Out Poor People

Some centrist Democrats are pushing to make the expanded Child Tax Credit means-tested. In practice, that often means restricting benefits for the very people who need it most.

Jim Pugh

Rural America

The Gentrification of the Rural West

What happens to a working-class town when developers put a resort where the sawmill used to be?

Ryanne Pilgeram

Labor

A Landmark Bill Would Outlaw Bosses Cutting off Healthcare to Striking Workers

Employers regularly eliminate healthcare benefits as a strike-breaking tactic. A bill just introduced in Congress seeks to finally end this practice.

Indigo Olivier

Labor

The Supreme Court Has Long Been Anti-Worker. This Is Biden’s Chance to Change That. 

To fulfill his promise of being a “pro-union president,” Biden should choose a justice who has shown a commitment to defending workers’ rights.

Moshe Z. Marvit

Labor

A U.S. Court Just Intervened to Stop 17,000 Railroad Workers From Going On Strike

A conversation with Jeff Kurtz, a railway engineer and union member for 40 years.

Maximillian Alvarez

Culture

Sex and the City's Soft White Supremacy

The new non-white BFFs just serve as accessories (to the white women at the center of the show)

Yasmin Nair

Viewpoint

Legalized Sports Betting Is Class War Against You

The new age of app-based gambling will do for personal finance what Facebook did for public discourse.

Hamilton Nolan

Dispatch

Mexico Has Become a "Roofless Prison" for Haitian Refugees—With Biden's Help

Thousands of migrants are trapped at the border as the United States and Mexico crack down on deportations—under Biden's policies, many will be expelled.

Chantal Flores