Once Champions of Working Class, Journalists Now Represent America’s Elite
Just when it seemed that confidence in America’s news media couldn’t get any worse, last month Gallup reported new record lows. “Just 16% of U.S. adults now say they have ‘a great deal’ or ‘quite a lot’ of confidence in newspapers and 11% in television news,” Gallup’s Megan Brenan wrote. “Both readings are down five […]
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Police Lied to Get the Warrant to Search Breonna Taylor’s Home
Breonna Taylor was murdered in March 2020. This killing sparked protests across the country. It was the result police lying to get a warrant and racist violence by police officers who forced their way into Taylor’s apartment. On August 4, Department of Justice, (DOJ) announced the federal grand jury indictments of four Louisville Metro Police […]
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Activists Stress Need for Much More Climate Action After IRA Passes in the House
While welcoming U.S. House lawmakers’ passageThe Inflation Reduction ActClimate campaigners and progressive legislators said Friday that the $740billion bill was not sufficient to address the worsening climate emergency. “Today, we celebrate the power of organizing,” Varshini Prakash, executive director of the youth-led Sunrise Movement, said after House lawmakers voted220-207 across party lines to pass Inflation […]
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Many States Have Created or Expanded Tax Credits to Help Families Get By
Several states have created or improved tax credits this year — particularly state earned income tax credits (EITCs) and state child tax credits (CTCs) — to support families struggling to afford the basics as costs rise amid the pandemic. Because families with high incomes are more likely to have access to tax credits, pay a […]
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Nonwhite Voters Face High Risk of Being Dropped From Arizona’s Mail Ballot List
The past year has been characterized by widespread assaults on voting rights across the country. This has been especially true in swing states where the 2020 presidential election saw narrow margins. As our colleague Will Wilder explainsArizona is the focal point of the fight for voting rights, even among these states. Here, we look at […]
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Schools Are Facing Shortage of 300,000 Teachers and Staff, Major Union Says
National Education Association president Becky Pringle on Thursday warned that the U.S. teacher shortage has spiraled into a “five-alarm crisis,” with nearly 300,000 teaching and support positions left unfilled and policymakers taking desperate — and in some cases, questionable — measures to staff classrooms. Pringle told ABC NewsTeachers unions warn that educators are under severe […]
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Monkeypox Is Yet Another Global Health Crisis Fueled by Governmental Neglect
It’s hard not to think about AIDS when thinking about monkeypox — the media images of otherwise healthy gay men covered in sores, the homophobic anti-sex puritanism from people across the political spectrum, and the widespread culture of blame and shame directed at queer sexual pleasure. Stigma, as usual, distracts from the real problem which […]
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The Lessons of the Kansas Primary Go Far Beyond Abortion Rights
In 1922, the newspaper editor William Allen White wrote, “When anything is going to happen in this country, it happens first in Kansas.” On August 2, voters in Kansas proved him right, going to the polls for the first referendum on abortion since the fall of Roe v. Wade. The state constitutional amendment would have […]
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Twitter Vows to Fight ‘Election Misinformation.’ More Censorship Incoming.
In the run-up to November’s midterm elections, Twitter is priming itself to go on a censoring spree in the name of fighting misinformation. What could possibly go wrong with this? The social media platform enabled the announcement Thursday that it was “activating enforcement of our Civic Integrity Policy for the 2022 U.S. midterms.” The tech giant […]
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With 87,000 New Agents on Way, 4 Facts About IRS Gun Arsenal
Some of the 87,000 new agents the Democrats propose to hire at Internal Revenue Service might have additional firepower. House Democrats passed the final tax and spending bill, dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act. This bill, which included a double-sized IRS and 87,000 additional agents, would boost enforcement. The IRS had an arsenal of 4,600 guns […]
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