"We work toward the longer-term work of building solidarity across difference, and of trying to think about, 'How do we address the root causes of the hate that’s coming to the surface today?'”

"The more we can drag it into the sunlight, the more we can force them to defend the fact that they're proposing stealing our benefits, the less they're going to want to do it."

"The public, because it's not very well-represented by their elected representatives, is kept distanced from those arguments, and therefore doesn't even know they're going on, much less have a voice in them."

"We try to bring you voices you might not hear elsewhere: activists, researchers, reporters and teachers, who can illuminate what big media are getting wrong—or missing entirely—why it matters, and what we can do about it."

The Trump administration is pushing a rule change to take Social Security benefits out of the reach of millions of people with disabilities. Never mind that it's already hard to qualify, never mind that cutting benefits for many disabled people means t...

"If this flies, not only do we no longer have a rule of law in this country, but we are well on our way to a slide into authoritarianism."

"If the executive branch, the president, has the right to determine whether or not any witnesses can be called, or any documents produced, then that strikes at the very heart of separation of powers."

We try to bring you voices you might not hear elsewhere: activists, researchers, reporters and teachers, who can illuminate what big media are getting wrong—or missing entirely—why it matters, and what we can do about it.

Election Focus 2020: Across the spectrum, corporate media all came to the same conclusion regarding the election: Corbyn’s loss spells the end for the US left and a “crushing defeat” of the discredited policies of socialism.

"The vast majority of the more than 8 billion metric tons of plastic ever produced, about 80% has ended up in landfills, or scattered around the world."