Study Shows We’re Hurtling Toward a Climate-Related Health Crisis
A review article in the ‘New England Journal of Medicine’ calls for drastic action to stop climate change-related deaths and an increase in global inequality.
Yes, America’s Schools Are Still Segregated
Although the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawed segregation in 1954, schools across the country are resegregating at an alarming rate, severely impacting students and their communities.
Bobby Kennedy’s Reaction to Seeing Hunger Up Close in America
Bobby Kennedy had seen Harlem, the South Bronx, and Bedford-Stuyvesant. But what he witnessed in the Mississippi Delta in 1967 would impact the last 14 months of his life.
Drug Testing Welfare: Giving Those in Need the Finger, Not a Helping Hand
Congress rolled back Obama era protections against suspicionless drug testing. The targets of these programs are always those less fortunate and not the people making millions off the government.
Postcard from Selma: Happy MLK Jr. Day
A look back at Selma, then and now.
Sugarcoating the Lies: A New York Times Sampler
Scrutinize one day’s helping of headlines and story summaries, read between the lines, and you begin to see why our problems never get solved.