The Kids Are Not All Right. They Want to Be Heard
What explains the student movement against the war in Gaza? Sometimes the correct answer is the one right in front of you. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor May 8, 2024 Read the full article here The New...
What explains the student movement against the war in Gaza? Sometimes the correct answer is the one right in front of you. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor May 8, 2024 Read the full article here The New...
The last big protests cost $150 million in NYPD overtime — with tens of millions more in lawsuit settlements. Bryce Covert May 7, 2024 Read the full article here The Intercept
Whiffs of arrogance and hypocrisy permeate the code of conduct recently adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court. [See USSC Code-of-Conduct-for-Justices_November_13_2023] Arthur Giacalone Read the full article here With All Due Respect
Across the country, residents of mobile homes are organizing to buy and cooperatively run their communities, with government help, to protect themselves from landlords known for jacking up rents and neglecting infrastructure. Amos Barshad...
There’s now strong evidence that giving direct cash support to low-income families greatly reduces poverty. “It directly gives families cash,” says Shafeka Hashash, associate director of guaranteed income at the Economic Security Project. “They...
When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York. Natasha Lennard May 1, 2024 Read the full article here The Intercept
On May 1st, 1924, the Daily Worker was just 11 weeks’ old. Around the United States, workers in many big cities had not even heard of it yet. But if that inaugural May Day edition of...
Across the US, pro-Palestine students have faced repression, suspension, and arrest. We asked more than a dozen students to share how their schools have restricted the right to protest. Student Nation April 26, 2024...
The first thing Rep. Ilhan Omar did on the University of Minnesota campus this week: Thank Gaza ceasefire protesters for their bravery. The next thing: Ask why people in her world were so obsessed...
Exactly how much has racism benefited White Americans? Journalist and author Tracie McMillan did the math: The advantages she’s gotten over her life from being White, she estimates, amount to $371,934.30. Harmeet Kaur April...