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White Supremacy Is a Genuinely Global Threat
It’s inspired terrorist attacks — and entire governing structures — on multiple continents. Can we name it?
Small Businesses Like Mine Need Paid Family and Medical Leave
Illnesses and injury shouldn’t bankrupt workers or their employers. Let’s pool resources to protect all of us.
Getting It Right on What Stuff Costs
Too often we get sticker shock at the cost of public policies, even when they’d actually save us money.
Church of Trump
Recent mass murderers have an undeniable common hero.
Paper Receipts Could Be the Next Plastic Straws
Paper receipts generate enormous amounts of waste each year — and hardly anyone needs them.
It’s March Madness. Unionize the NCAA!
“Student-athletes” make billions for others while putting their own futures at risk.
Silicon Valley’s Next Target: America’s Farmers
They’re building robots to siphon farm profits out of local communities and into the pockets of rich investors.
Politicians Are Finally Catching Up on Marijuana
Two-thirds of Americans — and nearly all Democratic presidential candidates — now agree that pot prohibition is more harmful than pot itself.
Pipe Dreams of the Past
Also known as “the right side of history.”
To Clean Up the Planet, Clean Up Washington
We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect our democracy — and our planet.