Aina Marzia / PrismApr 19, 2023
Students across the U.S. are burdened with more than $19 million in unpaid school lunch debt. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Michael Kwet / TruthdigApr 17, 2023
In recent years, most large tech corporations have begun pushing anti-racism public relations and touting their donations to Black causes. There is no company more steeped or skilled in this practice than the elder of the group, Microsoft. By deploying fleets of flacks, messaging professionals and hired intellectuals, the company has managed to maintain a pristine image as a “moral leader” of Big Tech, while avoiding and deflecting attention from its deep and sordid history of collaboration with police, prisons, intelligence agencies and militaries. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Nijmie Dzurinko / Other WordsApr 14, 2023
The impending Medicaid cutoffs are unconscionable, representing a war against the poor. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Cory Doctorow / Pluralistic.netApr 13, 2023
A new book by Alissa Quart exposes the American meritocratic delusion of the self-made man. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Imani Stephens / PrismApr 12, 2023
After historic strike, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) workers win increased wages and improved benefits. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Gustave Massiah / Alternatives InternationalApr 6, 2023
The ecological and anti-capitalist movements come together in historic protests against Macron's austerity measures. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Émile P. Torres / TruthdigMar 30, 2023
Effective Altruism’s metrics-driven model of philanthropy is elitist, condescending and — most damning of all — extremely ineffective. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Alexander Zaitchik / Counterpoint PressMar 30, 2023
Seventy-five years ago in Chicago, a conservative project was hatched to cure classical economics of its aversion to patents and monopolies. The drug companies were its first and biggest beneficiaries. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )
Patrick Rucker, Maya Miller, and David Armstrong / ProPublicaMar 27, 2023
How Cigna makes a killing by instructing doctors to reject claims without reading them Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
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