| Sep 20, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyThis summer, Los Angeles officials reached a deal with the International Olympic Committee to host the 2028 Olympic Summer Games. For its trouble, the city hopes to generate hundreds of millions in savings and additional revenues. However, over the past few decades,...
| Jan 11, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyNot long ago, I saw a comment on an online article about the rise in protests for black civil rights. “We gave you a president,” wrote the commenter. “We gave you your damn Oscar. What more do you want?” Never mind the White House. What many...
| Aug 24, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyMost children in the United States spend their school days dreaming of their next birthday party or worrying whether they’re popular enough. Not America’s homeless youth. Students like Jamie Talley, who first became homeless at age 2, are thinking about...
| Aug 10, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyMost media coverage of racial injustice has understandably focused on our country’s unfair policing and criminal justice system. But to fully understand the current reality of racial inequality in America, we also need to take an honest look at our nation’s shocking...
| May 25, 2016 | Economy / BusinessIf you’re poor, many Americans think, it’s your own fault. It’s a sign of your own moral failing. I don’t personally believe that, but the idea has roots in our culture going back centuries. In The Wealth of Nations, the foundational work of...
