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They call it resilience. We call it survival. But what we’re really doing is building something else entirely. Something they ...
A year after the Supreme Court greenlit crackdowns on people living without shelter, homelessness has only gotten worse.
Last October, after months of hard work, we announced that we were forming a union with the Teamsters. It was exhilarating ...
This week, the D.C. Council voted to pause a wage increase related to Initiative 82, the 2022 ballot measure that ...
As President Trump takes office, his Republican allies in Congress are already hard at work readying his legislative agenda. Trump campaigned on a promise to lower costs for Americans. But so far, the ...
We denizens of the 21st century have become somewhat accustomed — inured might be the better word — to the murderous mass violence of modern warfare. We shouldn’t find that at all surprising. The 20th ...
Once upon a time, here in the United States, we taxed the rich. Significantly. Today, by contrast, we’re actively enhancing their fortunes. Including the biggest personal fortune of them all, the ...
In today’s climate, we are used to seeing polls where public opinion on issues is sharply split along the political axis. Debate is highly polarized, with opposing parties staking out competing ...
Republican leaders in Congress have been working feverishly over recent days to renew the rich people-friendly 2017 Trump tax cuts set to expire at this year’s end. Both the House and Senate have now ...
The following is written testimony prepared for a March 17, 2021 Senate Budget Committee hearing on “The Income and Wealth Inequality Crisis in America.” Thank you, Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member ...
The United States Postal Service is under strong pressure to make deep spending cuts that would be devastating for customers and employees across the country. Black families have a particularly large ...