There is a real human cost behind cold, calculated “efficiency.”
Read
Follow:
-
Retirees Need $130,000 Just to Cover Health Care, Study Finds
Out-of-pocket cost estimates that had held steady have now hit a record high.
-
As Flint Water Crisis "Emergency" Ends, Bigger Heads Need to Roll
This week, the "emergency" is officially over following the Flint Water Crisis – but the architects of the disaster have yet to be held to account, and residents won't rest until justice is served.
-
In Corporate March to Clean Energy, Utilities Not Required
Instead of waiting for large utilities to go greener, companies are buying renewable energy directly, upending the traditional system.
-
The Obama Administration’s $1 Billion Giveaway to the Private Prison Industry
Don’t believe everything you read on the Statue of Liberty.
-
Surveillance Isn’t Colorblind
Rapidly developing technology exposes communities of color to near-constant surveillance and over-policing.
-
Turkey At A Crossroads—From the July Coup to ISIS, A Country In Turmoil
If Erdogan manages to re-establish stability, he will have ensured the rise of a new brand of aggressive radical Islam – one fueled by the edicts of Wahabi dogma that promotes absolute theocratic control.
-
A World At War
We’re under attack from climate change – and our only hope is to mobilize like we did in WWII.
-
Hong Kong protest leaders avoid prison
Three leaders of Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution have escaped a jail sentence over their role in 2014 pro-democracy protests.
-
Curing A Convenient Amnesia: Racism, Xenophobia and Nationalism In America
It may be an inconvenient and uncomfortable reality that U.S. leaders have systematically spread hate and intolerance – but the fact is nationalism, xenophobia and intolerance reflect our country’s true foundation.
-
2020 Vision: Four Steps to Get There
People with money and power are still appalled by the notion of a popular democracy. But something is different now, as the American majority are better able to communicate and unify in pursuit of a progressive nation.
