Blogging Our Great Divide

Voters made their desire for progressive change clear in November. Now they're making sure their new representatives come through with their campaign promises.

The youngest lawmaker in Congress delivers a history lesson America has needed for years.

The more industries monopolize, the wider the gap between our richest and everyone else.

Machines can make jobs better, but a tiny class of bosses uses them to make jobs disappear. It doesn't have to be this way.

As student debt grows, grassroots organizations keep pushing for sweeping change on a national level.

My grandfather was part of a long tradition of postal workers who sacrificed Christmas Eve with their families to deliver holiday packages.

The outgoing House speaker was once celebrated as a 'serious' wonk. Now it's clear his politics are just as cruel as Trump's.

Some 250 million years ago, life on Earth survived an existential climate crisis. But that Earth had a distinct advantage. No rich.

Teachers won the first charter school strike in the U.S. by demanding everything from pay raises to sanctuary for students.

Should we treat the super rich as a distraction or a clear and present danger? No question more deeply divides the opposition to The Donald.