William Rice, Policy Consultant, writes at Americans For Tax Fairness’ blog: “During the 2012 election, we learned that presidential candidate Mitt Romney had accumulated over $100 million in his tax-favored retirement account. He was able to do this bec…
Jamilah King writes for Colorlines: “Radio producer Nick Szuberla had an agenda when he moved from Toldeo, Ohio, to Whitesburgh, Ky. in the late 1990s. He wanted to bring attention to the country’s rapid prison expansion, a tide that was snatching up mos…
Lauren Williams writes for Mother Jones: “President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law 48 years ago today. But in June, the conservative justices on the Supreme Court struck down a major section of the law, freeing jurisdictions…
Karen Grisby Bates writes for NPR: “In an obscure corner of Detroit, there’s a battered playground honoring a civil rights martyr. It has an overgrown baseball field, some missing swings and on a broken fence, a worn, wooden sign.”
Thom Hartman writes for AlterNet: “Last week, thousands of fast food workers from across the country walked off their jobs to demand a living wage of $15 an hour. Ever since, the Republican talking point machine has been running on all cylinders.”