End-to-End Internet
Commentary by Cory Doctorow The internet succeeded where other networks failed. Where there were once many nets – cable, phone, leased-line – now there is just The Net, which runs over many of the same…
The Dollar Store Invasion
By Stacy Mitchell, Kennedy Smith and Susan Holmberg Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar are targeting vulnerable communities, opening stores at a breakneck pace in urban and rural areas alike. It’s tempting to assume…
GOP Filibuster Blocks Equal Rights Amendment
By Jessica Corbett On April 6, Equal Rights Amendment supporters slammed the vast majority of U.S. Senate Republicans for filibustering a resolution that would make the 100-year-old measure the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. The…
America Chooses War
The tragic U.S. choice to prioritize war over peacemaking By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. – Matthew 5:9 In a…
Accessing Abortion in the Triangle
Edited by Carl Hintz Republicans in North Carolina’s General Assembly are pushing through a 12-week abortion ban. North Carolina previously banned abortion after 20 weeks and six days, requiring a 72-hour waiting period, and requiring…
Judge Who Ruled on Abortion Pill Hand-picked by Plaintiffs
By Anne Nelson On April 7, U.S. district judge Matthew Kacsmaryk made headlines with an unprecedented ruling suspending the 2000 FDA approval of the abortion medication mifepristone. The ruling marked the first time a court…
Childbirth Killing Black Moms at a Higher Rate
NC advocates, policymakers discuss solutions. By Jennifer Fernandez Everyone here knew the data: Black women are three times more likely to die in connection with childbirth than white women. And they knew the cause: hard-to-solve…
Who’s Behind NC’s Extreme Abortion Ban?
By Saige Smith NC House Bill 533 – A Total Abortion Ban On March 26, North Carolina Republicans filed the first anti-abortion legislation of the session, and it’s bad. This bill would ban abortion from…
Bars to Union Growth
If America had fair laws, 60 million workers would join a union tomorrow By Luke Savage According to data newly published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National Labor Relations Board, the number…
We Are All Playing Covid Roulette
Without clean air, the next infection could permanently disable you By George Monbiot You could see Covid-19 as an empathy test. Who was prepared to suffer disruption and inconvenience for the sake of others, and…