| Jul 11, 2018 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyIn his famous essay “On Civil Disobedience,” Henry David Thoreau explained why he went to jail in 1846. He said he refused to pay taxes to a government that was pursuing the extension of slavery. To support such a government, Thoreau argued, was to be complicit in its...
| Jul 3, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / Democracy As someone who was born and raised in the border state of New Mexico, I’m very familiar with political speak about immigrants and the border, especially when it comes to talking about safety. After 9/11, concerns about safety led to the passing of the Homeland...
| Jul 2, 2018 | Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyThis summer, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty Philip Alston presented his observations on the state of international poverty to the UN Human Rights Council. The country at the center of his most recent report wasn’t a developing one — it was the United States....
| Jun 29, 2018 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThe U.S. Supreme Court has just dealt unions a bruising blow. In a 5-4 vote, the court ruled that public sector employees who benefit from unions’ collective bargaining services will no longer have to pay for them. At least initially, this is expected to result in a...
| Jun 27, 2018 | Economy / BusinessThe health of our American economy ultimately rests on a single, simple word: trust. Employers on the one side and employees on the other have to be able to trust each other to behave honorably. A fair day’s wage, as the classic formulation puts it, for a fair day’s...
