It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
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More Universities are Killing Off Liberal Arts Programs—And Yours Could be Next
Mike Williams, the chairman of University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's English department, described the paradox of eliminating his department to save jobs.
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Political Corruption Is Ruining Everything, but We Can Fix It
A bold new idea from Washington that might truly beat back routinized scandal.
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Prisoners Are Organizing a Nationwide Strike Against “Modern-Day Slavery”
Prisoners across the country say they are gearing up for an end-of-summer nationwide strike against inhumane living conditions and unpaid labor—or, in their words, “modern-day slavery.”
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Testing Controversial Voter ID Rules, Britain Eyes An Uncertain Electoral Future
Some 4,000 voters across Bromley, Woking, Gosport, Watford and Swindon were turned away from the local election polling booths because they didn't have a bank card, driving license or passport.
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Students Denounce NRA's "Dangerous Agenda" In Protests Outside Convention
"Our generation is the post-Columbine generation," said organizer Waed Alhayek. "After the Parkland students stood up, even older people are saying, 'Why have we accepted thoughts and prayers?' on Twitter."
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Our Data, Our Property: We Need New Laws To Prevent Facebook Abuse
If tech companies like Facebook won’t respect on any ethical or moral level that our data is our property, then laws must be written to codify those rights.
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Arizona Teacher Raises Passed After Strike Shuts Schools
A budget that provides big raises for many of the state's striking teachers potentially ends the five-day walkout that kept more than a million public school students out of the classroom.
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The Significance of Armenia’s ‘April Revolution’
The massive street protests forced the country’s longtime leader to resign. But what’s next for Armenia?
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The Coming Iran Crisis and the Urgency for a Progressive Foreign Policy Alternative
A progressive foreign policy would reject the use of the American military as a global police force, support social democracy internationally instead of unfettered global capitalism, and push strongly for demilitarization.
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Taxing the Poor
As the gap between rich and poor widens, the political system becomes vulnerable to the sort of class conflict that now divides us – undermining the very possibility of a constitutional democracy.
