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Freedom to Repress
The upcoming U.S. meeting with Saudi Arabia doesn’t have the makings of a human rights summit.
Only in Top Gun Can the Military Solve All Our Problems
In real life, plowing money into shiny fighter jets while Americans struggle and the climate burns makes us less safe.
Keeping Workers Poor Is Bad for Business
At America’s biggest low-wage employers, chief executives now pocket 670 times more than their workers.
Celebrating Juneteenth With Bold New Ideas
Closing our racial wealth divide requires bold thinking, but so did ending slavery.
Children: A Dime a Dozen
So need to feed, teach, or protect them.
How Long Will We Sacrifice Our Kids to the Gun Lobby’s Paranoia?
A well-heeled lobby, a paranoid minority, and the GOP have made it all but impossible to regulate the leading cause of death for American kids.
We Are Failing Survivors of Domestic Violence
I serve domestic violence survivors as a social worker. The toxic public shaming of Amber Heard will discourage some from ever speaking up.
Republican Biology
When the privates become public, the public is screwed.
Overcoming the Distorted Narrative of Christian Nationalism
I grew up in a church community that pitted people against each other and called it “Christianity.” As a pastor now myself, I know there’s another way.
We’ll All Need Home Care Someday
And many of us, like my son, need it today. What will it take for our leaders to invest in it?
