In 2023, Republican state governors went to unprecedented lengths to enact universal school voucher programs in legislative sessions across the country and made support for these programs into rigid party ideology.
How the National Infrastructure Program Creates Jobs for Today and Tomorrow: By David McCall
Ryan Andreas helped his union push through legislation for a national infrastructure program in 2021, realizing that historic upgrades to America’s utilities, ports, and bridges portended brighter futures for him and his co-workers at Travis Pattern and Foundry.It turned out exactly as Andreas anticipated.
The Case for Protecting the Tongass National Forest, America’s ‘Last Climate Sanctuary, by Reynard Loki
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. Spanning 16.7 million acres that stretch across most of southeast Alaska, the Tongass National Forest is the largest national forest in the United States by far and part of the world’s largest temperate rainforest. Humans barely inhabit it: About the size of West Virginia, the Tongass has around 70,000 residents spread across 32 communities. […]
How Climate Change Is Boosting Pollen Production and Worsening Our Allergies, By Lucy Goodchild van Hilten
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. When the season turns to spring, flowers begin to bloom, trees turngreen, and the sun shines longer. But if you’re like almost one-third ofadults in the U.S., you might be experiencing watery eyes, a ticklythroat, and a runny nose. With spring comes pollen, which makesbreathing air more difficult.But it’s […]
The Savagery of the War Against the Palestinian People
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. By Vijay Prashad Who knows how many Palestinian civilians will be killed by the time this report is published? Among the bodies that cannot be taken to a hospital or a morgue, because there will be no petrol or electricity, will be large numbers of children. They will have […]
How California’s Fast-Food Workers Won $20 an Hour
More than half a million fast-food workers in California are about to get a raise—not because of the voluntary generosity of their bosses, but as a result of a hard-won labor victory. Governor Gavin Newsom on September 28 signed AB 1228 into law; its title says it all: “Fast Food Council: health, safety, employment, and minimum wage.”
The Growing Movement to Bring Back Community Grief and Ritual
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. By April M. Short White tarp tents lined one side of Allston Way in Berkeley, California, on a sunny week in early April 2023, beneath which a cluster of people sat on ornate pillows, sipping from ceramic cups at the tea ceremony booth. Others filtered to and fro, sometimes […]
‘Sacrifice Zones’: The New ‘Jim Crow’ That’s Sickening and Killing People of Color
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. By Reynard Loki The Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted how systemic racism disproportionately places danger and harm on low-income and minority populations. One harsh reality of this systemic racism is the existence of “sacrifice zones”: Communities located near pollution hot spots that have been permanently impaired by intensive […]
Labor Education Starts in School
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. By Sonali Kolhatkar American society is steeped in narratives about economic prosperity shaped by capitalist ideas of individualism and a corporate culture of exploitation. Children are exposed to such ideas in schools and via pop culture and are required to put them into practice at a young age by […]
We Did Not Evolve to Be Selfish—and Humans Are Increasingly Aware We Can Choose How Our Cultures Can Evolve: By April M. Short
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. Ours is a critical time in the cultural evolution of humanity that is likely to shape our long-term future, or lack thereof. As a species, we have been on a self-destructive trajectory that has led us to our current polycrisis of unlivable economic conditions, worsening climate disasters, and the potential of […]
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