The made-for-TV conventions of the Democratic and Republican parties were held to convince us to vote for them. Each promised to save us from the horrors of the other. To appeal to everyone, both parties brought in a wide range of people: workers, farmers, women,...
In recent months, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has been attacked repeatedly by the Trump administration. Part of Trump’s motivation is to create a crisis around mail-in voting. Trump thinks mail-in ballots will hurt him in the election. But there is a much...
August 18th marked the 100-year anniversary of ratifying the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote in America. This legacy is one of collective struggle and shows the power of the suffragettes’ organizing efforts, which forced President Woodrow Wilson,...
After weeks, and in some places months, of protests following the murder of George Floyd, demonstrations in most places have subsided. Many of those who demonstrated their outrage against the racist brutality of the police may no longer be in the streets, but they...
As the U.S. COVID-19 death count approaches 145,000 people, Betsy DeVos, the Federal Secretary of Education, has embarked on a media blitz. Over and over, she has pounded home the same message: “The rule should be that kids go back to school this fall. They’ve been...
