Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats
This month a peaceful resistance movement marks eight years of struggle against a gold mining project that threatens scarce water supplies.
Health
The Government Needs to Act Now to Save Lives — and Build a More Equal System
Medical supplies are disproportionately available to the wealthy. To fix these inequities, we need an immediate, massive, humanitarian response to coronavirus from the federal government.
Where We’re Looking in Times of Crisis
There are plenty of places you can direct your energies to support people taking an economic hit during the pandemic.
In a Pandemic, Service Workers Need Paid Sick Leave — Now
It’s well past time we joined the civilized world by giving workers federally mandated, paid sick leave. Our health and our lives depend on it.
Should Zoom Be a Public Utility?
Online platforms like Zoom and Skype have become basic, public necessities as our lives are upended by the coronavirus. Should they be nationalized?
100 House Democrats Call for Cap on CEO-Worker Pay Gaps at Bailed-Out Firms
Meanwhile, Republicans have proposed pathetically weak executive pay restrictions for companies relying on taxpayer support.
Not This Time: Watch out for Wall Street in a Pandemic
Back during the Great Recession, we bailed out Wall Street. This time, we need to make sure the bailout is for the rest of us.
The Detroit Organizers Long Demanding Water Justice
As cities and states grapple with the spread of coronavirus, activists remind government why water is a human right and not a commodity.
Coronavirus Prevention That Works For Working People
It should not take a terrifying national emergency for us to wake up to the realization that we all pay the price when we treat people like they don’t matter.