Rights and Democracy
Keep Your Eye on What’s Important: Ending Police Brutality
We don’t know who’s carried out violence and vandalism or why. We do know police keep killing unarmed black Americans.
Racism Is a Public Health Crisis
African Americans were already reeling from COVID-19 when a new wave of police violence hit us.
I’m Outraged By Trump’s Church Photo-Op
As a Catholic sister, I think Trump should read his Bible, not pose with it.
I Remember the Lynchings of the 1960s. They’re Still Happening.
My civil rights movement colleagues were murdered in the 1960s, when lynching was common. Sadly, it remains so today.
A Tale of Two Americas
Gun-toting quarantine protesters are called “very good people,” while unarmed people protesting police violence are “thugs.”
I Can’t Breathe
Call it political brutality.
Betsy DeVos Wants to Rob Poor School Districts
Trump’s education secretary is trying to funnel coronavirus aid away from poor public schools to rich private ones.
Even Now, Our Leaders Are Still Putting Their Faith in the Rich
It has become crystal clear during this pandemic that working people fuel this economy, but they’re the ones bearing the cost.
We Need a Public Option for Banking
As families struggle to get stimulus checks, it’s time to fix the rusty pipes of our inequitable financial system.
Prescriptions from a Stable Genius
Is Trump literally trying to kill his supporters?