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Note to Tech Companies: Please Read History

by Alissa Quart

In an age of data theft, hate speech, and runaway capitalism, the humanities are an antidote to moral rot.

by Jim Hightower

Fighting progressive policies most Americans support will lose you “centrist” votes, not gain them.

by Robert P. Alvarez

Florida’s anti-democratic poll tax will cost the state hundreds of thousands of voters — and hundreds of millions of dollars.

by Mallika Khanna

Poor and working communities stand to gain the most from protections against corporations that expose them to pollution.

by Jim Hightower

Members can walk straight into a Capitol Hill clinic, get treated without insurance, and count on taxpayers to cover the tab.

by Brian Wakamo

Imagine supporting farmers markets, child nutrition, and local agriculture with money we spend on factory farms.

by Mina Shahinfar

As innocent people suffer, break-ins are on the rise — including at my grandparents’ house.

by Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson

From the White House to Ohio, too many politicians care more about protecting toxic industries than their constituents.

by Kenia Alcocer

One policy gives children lifelong benefits. The other destroys lives.

by Paul Armentano

Dozens of new state laws are expanding legal cannabis use — and expunging the records of users caught up in the system.