A Worsening Child Care Crisis in 2024
Parents across the country faced increasing child care costs in 2023. Many, especially women, had to leave their jobs because these costs became too expensive on top of rent, the usual bills, and other paid necessities. The challenge of finding accessible and affordable child care is not going to disappear this year. Federal relief funding […]
Another Huge Data Leak: Who Pays?
In late January, a huge data breach took place. Over 26 billions records were leaked from more than 20 companies including LinkedIn, DropBox, Twitter, Venmo, and Adobe, as well as data from the U.S. government. With this stolen data, we will see rises in identity theft, scams, and cyberattacks. Big tech companies are the ones […]
Taxes: Wasting our Hard-Earned Money
Tax season is upon on, reminding us of how undemocratic the capitalist system is. We get no say on how our money is collected and spent. While most of us living paycheck to paycheck have to pay taxes, major corporations and the rich have enormous loopholes to avoid taxation. We are told that we pay […]
The Civil Rights Movement: When Ordinary People Did Extraordinary Things
The Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s -1970s was one of the most significant social movements in U.S. history. It involved millions of people. It was a grassroots movement often organized locally. It involved elementary school children in Selma, Alabama and the elderly, registering a man to vote for the first time in Lowndes County, […]
Remembering Amadou Diallo
It was 25 years ago today, on February 4, 1999, that police officers in the Bronx, New York, shot a young man, killing him instantly. That young man was Amadou Diallo, a 22-year-old who had immigrated to the United States from Guinea only two years earlier. He was a devout Muslim who neither smoked nor […]