Rights and Democracy
Nobody Needs a Lecture on Morality from Paul Ryan
For nearly half a century now, America's middle-class working families have been pummeled by corporate greedmeisters and their political henchmen. Indeed, during the recession, the typical median-income family has lost 40 percent of their wealth. Haven't they been...
The Hunt for Black Family History
Simple genealogy searches don’t work for people whose ancestors were treated like property. But some new tools could help.
Cities Can Fight Federal Crackdowns
Shortly after Donald Trump's order to ban thousands of documented, vetted immigrants and refugees from our shores, crowds rushed to airports all over the country to protect those who'd just arrived. Soon after, crowds in Phoenix and other cities surrounded federal...
Trump Proved He Doesn’t Think Much of Working People
On February 15, Donald Trump’s first nominee to be secretary of labor, Andrew Puzder, withdrew his name from contention when it became clear that the Senate would vote him down. The next day, Trump selected Alexander Acosta, a new nominee who looks to fare better. Of...
To Save Main Street, Tax Wall Street
All too often these days, large U.S. corporations and Wall Street banks seem more interested in tapping overseas markets than in growing a customer base at home. When local communities in America's heartland suffer, it's no skin off their backs. By contrast, our...
The Human Cost of Trump’s Muslim Ban
Legal challenges to Donald Trump's "Muslim ban" are mounting. Federal judges have suspended the order, which blocks immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries and suspends refugee settlement from everywhere, while federal cases wind their way through the courts....
The End of an Alliance for Police Reform
In July 2016, then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch committed the Department of Justice to investigating the shooting of Alton Sterling, a black man who was murdered by police outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge. The move represented the deepening of a tangible...
The Banksters Are Free at Last
Of all the people suffering economic pain today, who should get priority attention from the new president and Congress? Regular folks in our country might say that those on the lower rungs of the economic ladder — the poor and downtrodden working class — ought to be...
Attila the Trump
Get to Know Your Muslim Neighbors
For a South Jersey girl, my upbringing was markedly ordinary. I played soccer. I joined student council. I walked to my Sicilian grandmother’s house every day after school. And just like everyone else in my small town of Hammonton, my summer revolved around...
