Police forces around the country have their roots in protecting private property, not people. To further worker power, we should get ride of police unions.
To protect students and their families, bus drivers, and teachers, any return to school requires a deep consideration of how students travel to and from their classrooms.
Oklahoma’s response to the pandemic was mired by partisan politics and misinformation that endangered the health of its residents; if the state is to now take a strong step forward in fighting the outbreak, it must heed the advice of health professionals and observe public safety guidelines.
Today, a few corporations serve as gatekeepers to the digital realm, empowered by a hands-free free-market ideology that has created markets without any incentive to innovate or improve. But as the success of local alternatives to the present system shows, there is nothing accidental — or inevitable — about America’s internet woes.
Liberal expressions of unity defang the true radicalism of antiracist and anticapitalist movements. Real solidarity is understanding that your struggle is my struggle and that our greatest allies are each other.
Both the calamity of the COVID-19 pandemic and the scourge of systemic racism are inextricably intertwined. If we are to cast off the political and social ineptitude that has marked our policies for generations, we must take this moment of large-scale societal change to implement progressive political change.
