Thursday, April 3, 2025

How not to cover critical race theory

Critical race theory is a longstanding and specific academic lens for understanding systemic racism, but the right has transformed it into a catchall for anything that encourages talking about and addressing racism.

The right wing is pumping out critical race theory attacks to boost its propaganda...

“No one deserves the school I went to,” says Celia Gottlieb. Gottlieb is currently enrolled in Middlebury College and...

Life imitates art: Does diversity in media have any impact on the real world

Diversity in media is not just impactful, it is essential.

The billionaire playbook: How sports owners use their teams to avoid millions in taxes

Owners like Steve Ballmer can take the kinds of deductions on team assets — everything from media deals to player contracts — that industrialists take on factory equipment. That helps them pay lower tax rates than players and even stadium workers.

Why we should change how we talk about nonhuman animals

We wouldn’t say “it” or “that” when referring to humans, so why would we for other sentient individuals?

All life is created equal

Our task going forward must be to learn how to preserve and protect our planet, making it fair and equal, so that all of us – men and women and children of all races and colors – shall not perish from the Earth.

Why Closing the Digital Divide Will Strengthen America and Help US Workers

With huge disparities in internet access across America, building out the information superhighway will be as essential as modernizing roads and bridges as the nation strives to rebound from the pandemic, grow a more powerful economy and forge a brighter future for all.

US censorship is increasingly official

While corporate media like to highlight the many press freedom shortcomings of hostile foreign nations, the censorship worries start much closer to home.

Getting out of poverty shouldn’t be about luck

I grew up poor and undocumented. Here's what I've learned.

6 ways to reduce your carbon footprint through dietary changes

Here are six tips for eating green...