Voices for Change

Why do we encourage our young people through a single funnel called a four-year college education? It’s time we stop pressuring every young person to go to college and, instead, offer an alternative route into the middle class.

We need to focus on big demands and big issues that benefit all but the ruling elites and that will fundamentally change the way the country operates.

History will record this as a key turning point in U.S.-Venezuela relations, U.S. violation of a key tenet of international law and most of all, as a heroic example of U.S. citizens doing everything in their power to try to stop a U.S.-orchestrated coup.

The time has come for a coalition, and that means being open, and honest, and doing the best for the country. So do it.

The more that reason serves as bedrock,/ The more we’re vexed by lethal gridlock. 

Americans should be asking candidates for Congress whether they support government intervention against obscene drug prices. Until that happens, this disgraceful story will not be over.

These book-sharing boxes promote literacy and strengthen communities.

The devolution of the political system through corruption has led to “the death of the party system” and the emergence of what Tariq Ali, part of the royalty of the left, called “an extreme center.” “One is doomed if nothing happens in the U.S.”

In a relatively short period of time, we Americans will be watching as a monumental event in this nation’s history takes place.

Are we picking kings and queens,/ Or defending democratic dreams?