Cancel Student Loan Debt. Bail Out Regular People.
May 24, 2022 | Even writing off every penny of student debt would cost less than Trump’s tax giveaways for corporations and the rich.
Articles by Robert P. Alvarez
A Five-Alarm Emergency for Democracy
March 29, 2022 | The GOP’s voter suppression laws are working. They need to be stopped before more states adopt them.
The Filibuster Is Busted. Time to Scrap it.
January 26, 2022 | Letting small minorities of senators block things most Americans support delivers obstruction, not bipartisanship.
Prison Gerrymandering: The Modern ‘Three-Fifths Compromise’
December 1, 2021 | Prisons inflate the political representation of the communities that host them — without any say from prisoners themselves.
Rural Towns Deserve Better Than Prison Jobs
August 4, 2021 | Rural prison towns need jobs. There are better ones than guarding people in cages.
Killing to Show That Killing Is Wrong
June 9, 2021 | As Arizona's push to revive Nazi-era gas executions shows, the death penalty is barbaric.
Humanizing the People Police Kill
May 5, 2021 | The standard, often unreliable reporting on police killings dehumanizes victims — a fact my own family knows too well.
Voter Suppression Is an Attack on Democracy — And My Faith
April 7, 2021 | My faith teaches me to stand with the marginalized, whose voting rights are now under sustained assault.