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  • Inequality
    People Over 75 Are First in Line to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19
    February 16, 2021
    | Wendi C. Thomas and Hannah Grabenstein
    The average Black person here doesn’t live that long.
  • Whose Rights Matter in Pandemic America?
    February 16, 2021
    | Liz Theoharis

    Not those of poor Americans, that's for sure.

  • Letters From an American
    Heather Cox Richardson: A Big Win for Savannah Guthrie
    October 16, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    Trump’s willingness to grab free airtime tonight reflects his campaign’s financial straits.

  • Environment
    Climate Change and the Black Vote
    October 6, 2020
    | Charles Ellison

    When climate catastrophes strike in the United States, it is the nation’s Black people that are hit the hardest – while lacking the resources and social mobility to confront them.

  • Poets & Writers
    A Poet a Day: Marge Piercy
    June 22, 2020
    "I Am Wrestling With Despair"
  • Poets & Writers
    A Poet a Day: Marge Piercy
    April 30, 2020
    "To Be of Use"
  • Democracy & Government
    Donald Trump's Addiction to Violence
    September 21, 2017
    | Henry Giroux
    The president has normalized violence by emboldening the idea that it is the only viable political response to social problems.
  • Justice
    Hurricanes, Monsoons and the Human Rights of Climate Change
    September 20, 2017
    | Pat Mitchell
    Extreme storms make the case that climate change is not only a threat to our environment, but also a threat to the human rights of many poor and marginalized people around the world.
  • Inequality
    Inequality Is Probably Costing You a Lot of Money
    September 20, 2017
    | Nick Buffie
    Just like global warming, economic inequality is slowly but surely destroying the livelihoods of many Americans.
  • Activism
    Cleaning Up America's 'Dirty Secret' in the Black Belt
    September 5, 2017
    | Gail Ablow
    In rural Alabama, Catherine Coleman Flowers took on a problem no one was touching: environmental injustice.


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