Renewables Gain Traction, But Need Storage Technology
Last April, wind, solar and hydroelectric power produced more electricity than coal for the first time ever. Read more at Truthout.
Free Higher Education Is a Very Good Idea
Liberal pundits and politicians like Hillary Clinton have a host of objections to free higher education. But free college isn’t just good policy — it’s good politics. Read the article at Jacobin Magazine.
Overturning Felony Disenfranchisement in Southern States
In the last U.S. presidential election in 2016, 6.1 million Americans could not vote because of laws that disenfranchise people with past felony convictions. Read about it Facing South.
The Business of Health Care Depends on Exploiting Doctors and Nurses
One resource seems infinite and free: the professionalism of caregivers. Read more at The New York Times.
Trump Attack on SSDI
Proposed change could end disability benefits for hundreds of thousands – read the article at Common Dreams.
“One Nation: Tracked”
This story on cellphone tracking is the most important article you should read now, period. Read more at Common Dreams.
Afghanistan Papers an Eerie Reminder of Vietnam
Recent revelations about the failings of the US war in Afghanistan reflect the Pentagon Papers leaked in the 1970s, and Noam Chomsky’s early analysis of them. Read more at Asia Times.
I Was Kidnapped, Tortured And Marked For Death For Being Gay. Here’s How I Escaped.
Families in my country would rather live with the grief of a dead child than the shame of having a gay son and brother. Read the article at The Huffington Post.
Local chapter of Extinction Rebellion challenges the system
The local chapter of the global movement Extinction Rebellion is challenging the system that has brought an existential crisis to humanity and all of earth’s other life forms. On Friday over two dozen members of…
Biggest Pay Raise in a Generation: Medicare for All
By Jake Johnson Medicare for All would give most U.S. workers “the biggest take-home pay raise in a generation,” two economists from the University of California, Berkeley said in October, countering one of the main…