A Black Eye for the Thin Blue Line
Reading Time: < 1 minute Despite occasional abuses and scandals, Americans traditionally respected and supported local police. But now, approval is waning, and it’s hard to imagine it ever coming back.
Make America Grate Again
Reading Time: 6 minutes The swamp that Trump promised to drain is feasting on COVID-19 rescue money. What was all that GOP chatter about ‘takers’?
Looters Have a Lot to Learn
Reading Time: < 1 minute Give a man a brick and he can loot one store; give a man a bank and he can loot the world.
Trump and Twitter: A Marriage of Convenience Falls Apart
Reading Time: 5 minutes The alliance between Donald Trump and Twitter is fraying. But can the president quit his favorite medium, and will the social media giant really stand up to its biggest cash cow?
From Sheltering at Home… to Homeless Shelters
Reading Time: < 1 minute The government is not protecting jobless workers; many face eviction, and there’s no way to socially distance or self-quarantine when you are homeless.
The Real Problem With Inequality
Reading Time: 5 minutes It goes way beyond fairness. Introducing a series on the effects of economic inequality on American life.
McConnell Is Pushing One COVID-19 ‘Cure’ America Does Not Need
Reading Time: 5 minutes As America tries to reopen, workers and consumers should not lose their only weapon to hold businesses accountable.
Liberty, Equality, Efficiency
Reading Time: < 1 minute America’s ever-increasing concentration of wealth could eventually have one upside.
A New College Motto: Buyer Beware
Reading Time: 6 minutes The coronavirus pandemic has revealed that colleges and universities prioritize their bottom line above all else. Students should think twice before enrolling this fall.
The American Way: Call Them ‘Hero,’ Pay Them Zero
Reading Time: < 1 minute Healthcare workers, delivery drivers, and retail employees are members of the pantheon of heroes Americans love to lionize in the era of COVID-19. But they’re poorly paid, poorly protected, and quickly forgotten.