Advocates for public education are denouncing the plan by the New York governor and the billionaire founder of Microsoft to “reimagine” the state’s school system, Julia Conley reports.
The U.S. president has stirred outcry after saying any additional stimulus package must include his long-desired payroll tax cut, Jake Johnson reports.
On May Day, Americans were more aware of the plight of workers than at any time in decades, argues Peter Dreier.
UPDATED: The Morrison government will fall reluctantly into line with Beijing, says Tony Kevin, because China is where Australia’s bread is buttered.
Pepe Escobar surveys a range of thinkers on the pandemic.
Michael T. Klare says a vast restructuring of the global energy enterprise is happening now.
Like cancer, capitalism grows until it murders the host body. During this pandemic shutdown, it’s not getting the growth it needs and parts of it are becoming benign.
Donald Trump is threatening the Post Office’s vital services during a pandemic in which 900 postal workers have tested positive and over 35 have died, writes Chuck Zlatkin.
This crisis is offering us a striking demonstration of how an economy oriented around the whims of the rich brings death and destruction in its wake, writes Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign.
Mark Dimondstein sees an effort to privatize the service and come after a “right of the people,” as Jake Johnson reports.