racial and gender justice

2 min read 2022-05-25 01:01:04

Cancel Student Loan Debt. Bail Out Regular People.

I borrowed money to pay for college. Like 45 million other Americans who did the same, I owe student loan debt. My generation was sold a pipe dream

2 min read 2022-05-20 23:37:24

Three years ago, the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) filed a $24 million gender discrimination lawsuit against the United States Soccer

3 min read 2022-05-13 01:51:57

With Black organizers playing prominent roles in a surge of union drives, a new coalition has come together to fight for policy changes that would

2 min read 2022-05-12 23:56:53

If the Supreme Court follows through on its draft majority opinion that overturns Roe v. Wade, it will open the floodgates to extremist new laws

2 min read 2022-05-05 03:34:56

The personal, as they say, is political. And there’s nothing more personal than the right to control your own body. So as a human with reproductive

2 min read 2022-05-05 01:51:23

Thousands of years of history is a lot to capture in one Jewish American Heritage Month, which is celebrated in May. But an old joke admirably

3 min read 2022-04-29 01:24:27

Less than 24 hours after news broke that President Biden is seriously considering canceling tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt,

6 min read 2022-04-28 00:38:33

Vladimir Putin is a man’s man, or that’s how he likes to portray himself. The Internet is full of pictures of him without a shirt. He shoots

2 min read 2022-04-21 01:51:28

America’s yawning racial divide is no secret. In 2019, the median wealth of white families was $160,000 — compared to just $9,000 for Black

2 min read 2022-04-13 22:16:07

As our country approaches 1 million deaths from COVID-19, it can feel impossible to wrap our heads around such a devastating figure. But it’s

4 min read 2022-03-15 02:38:46

“Esenciales por siempre. Excluidos nunca más.” “Essential forever. Excluded no more,” proclaimed a striking orange banner. On March 8, this

3 min read 2022-03-11 04:06:50

While efforts to secure paid leave benefits are stalled at the federal level, states and cities are moving forward. In the latest victory, the

2 min read 2022-03-09 02:45:58

Over the last two years, there has been much discussion of a national “reckoning” on race. There can be no complete reckoning without strong

2 min read 2022-02-23 23:44:18

During the first two weeks of February, the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) commissioned New South Research to survey 1,000 Jefferson County,

2 min read 2022-02-23 23:44:07

Jefferson County, AL – During the first two weeks of February, the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) commissioned New South Research to survey