Saturday, January 11, 2025

A Christmas confession

The U.S. economy depends on consumers consuming and the earth depends on us not consuming.

Millennials and generational wealth

Various financial injustices are impacting our communities. Generational wealth is one of those particularly affecting Millennials.

How worker solidarity protects what’s left of the middle class

Union contracts provide decent wages and benefits along with safe working conditions, retirement security and a means for workers to stand up for themselves.

How the Native American population in the US increased 87% says more about whiteness...

Another way to describe this recent adoption of Native American identity is what I call “racial shifting.”

Corporate owners are spoiling sports

Whatever the sport, the name of the game these days is the same: money.

Witnessing the demise of the principles of ethics and morality in the America of...

What is happening to America and its people?
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As Noam Chomsky turns 93, he urges young people to create a ‘much better...

He finds hope in the activism of young people “to create a much better world than the one we have.”

How community schools are helping a hard-hit city dig out of tough times

Rocked by vanishing industries and charter school expansions, Erie public schools are fighting back with a “transformative” education approach.

Rethinking work—and life

People are rethinking where their story is going and how they can take it in a better direction.

How to counter the growing threat of agent provocateurs

Those who want movements to fail will try to lure them into violence. A new handbook shows how to reduce that risk.