Rights and Democracy
We Need a Trauma-Informed Legal System
When lawyers better understand trauma, clients are better able to seek justice.
Dialogue and Mutual Respect
What do you say, GOP?
Labor Laws Need New Teeth
Union drives aren’t stopping. Workers deserve the right to a fair vote, without corporate interference.
A Textbook Case of Environmental Injustice
People of color are more likely to be exposed to pollution than white people. A proposed Louisiana plastics plant shows how.
Thinking Globally About Racial Justice
From the pandemic to climate change to police violence, today’s crises require global collaboration on a scale never seen before.
To Some, Reparations Are Common Sense
Three white Jeopardy contestants recently thought reparations had already been paid. It made me feel strangely optimistic.
The End of Trickle-Down Economics
The past year has laid waste to the arguments behind “trickle down” theory. Instead, let’s have wealth “percolate up.”
Voter Suppression Is an Attack on Democracy — And My Faith
My faith teaches me to stand with the marginalized, whose voting rights are now under sustained assault.
Protect Care Workers — You’ll Need Us Someday
All we’re asking is for the same rights and protections other workers enjoy.
Stop Calling It a ‘Border Crisis’
People escaping violence have a right to seek safety. If they can’t, that’s the real crisis.
