With Tax Vote Confirmed, Grad Students and Universities Go on the Offensive

Since Nov. 29, more than 40 campuses in 30 states have organized walkouts in a move that could bring classrooms and campuses to a grinding halt, and empowering opposition to the GOP's tax plan.

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Climate-Denying Koch Brothers Back Purchase of Time Magazine

"If Charles and David Koch gain control of Time, I expect my life's work to be repudiated in the very magazine in which it appeared. The thought is almost too much to bear," writes Charles Alexander, a long-time contributor to Time.

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What Is the True Cost of Inequality?

Comparing the U.S. to other more egalitarian-minded developed nations can give us a vivid sense of the high toll that inequality exacts.

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When Unpaid Student Loan Bills Mean You Can No Longer Work

In 19 states, government agencies can seize state-issued professional licenses from residents who default on their educational debts. Another state, South Dakota, suspends driver’s licenses, making it nearly impossible for people to get to work.

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The FCC's Order Is Out, We've Read It, and Here's What You Need to Know

FCC Chair Ajit Pai’s draft is a lot of things: Thin on substance and reasoning, cruel, willfully naive — and it’s everything that ISPs like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon could have wanted (and more). It will end net neutrality and break the internet.

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In Wake of Latest Mass Shootings, Don’t Expect Republicans to Address Mental Health, Either

As state and federal Republican lawmakers continue to cut funding for mental health care, mass shootings carried out by deranged people with a history of mental illness keep occurring, on a regular basis, bringing death and tragedy to communities nationwide.

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Nebraska Clears Path for Keystone XL Pipeline, But Challenges Remain

The 3-2 vote by the Nebraska Public Service Commission helps clear the way for the pipeline linking Canada’s Alberta oil sands to refineries in the United States. But opponents have promised to tie the project up in court for years.

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Why We Need to Confront the Billionaires’ Paradise

Did your net worth grow by 17 percent last year? Unless you’re one of the world’s 1,542 billionaires, chances are it didn’t.

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Sexual Misconduct Scandals Focus on the Weinsteins, but Largely Ignore Their Poorer Victims

"Women in low-wage jobs, like hotel cleaners or farm workers, experience high levels of harassment because they do not have the bargaining power to push back."

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Town’s Private Prison Goes Bust

Contrary to popular belief, private prisons often don’t save the economies of the rural towns that seek them out.

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