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Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
Rulings authored or signed by Trump-appointed judges reveal an alarming bias against civil and constitutional rights.
The Real Threats to Free Speech on Campus
Conservatives complain when student protest hate speech, while progressive professors are the ones losing their jobs for speaking out.
Gentrification on the Seas
Boating used to be for the middle class, not just yacht owners. Now the rich are fortifying their hold on the sea with military hardware.
Big Corporations Got Their Money’s Worth on Tax Day
This year, 60 of America’s biggest corporations paid $0 in federal taxes — or less.
How Everyday Language Centers Some People and Excludes Others
Our society presumes straight white men to be the default human. The rest of us are notable foremost for not being men, white, or straight, and so on.
Make Higher Education Affordable for Students Like Me
Getting yourself out of poverty requires a post-secondary education, but the huge debt burden scares many — like my sisters — off college altogether.
No, the Census Shouldn’t Ask About Citizenship
If immigrant families are undercounted, it could threaten programs all Americans rely on.
Bring Back May Day
The U.S. is one of the only countries in the world that doesn’t mark International Worker’s Day. So how are our workers doing?
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The law according to Attorney General William Barr.
A Revolutionary Idea to Close the Racial Wealth Divide
“Baby bond” accounts for all American kids would bridge the racial wealth gap while providing security to Americans of every color.
