Modeled after the civil rights era’s citizenship and freedom schools, the new Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership teaches skills for the Trump era.

I believe in the American dream as collective prayer for global refuge.

To secure and advance it demands radical action.

Betsy DeVos rolls back rules on student loans and for-profit colleges.

The budget would deal crippling blows to institutions in the arts and humanities and to organizations that foster understanding of global affairs and cultures.

Democracy starts — and thrives — at the community level.

The corrupt US political system and "alternative facts" are endangering the planet; at minimum, America should be doing its part.

There are more potential truth deniers than you might think: Whites without higher education are potential soldiers in Trump’s anti-truth army.

While Americans fixate on Trump, the super-rich are absconding with our wealth, and the plague of inequality continues to grow.

The Supreme Court was far ahead of the times — and public opinion — in its ruling of the landmark case.