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I’m one of the workers Donald Trump lied to about saving jobs
September 18, 2019Trump keeps giving tax breaks and federal contracts to companies that send Midwestern jobs—like mine—out of the country.
Read more“We are the future”: Thoughts from a young Communist
September 17, 2019Why must we wait to assimilate into the system before our voices are allowed to be heard? The truth, of course, is that we don’t.
Read moreRecovering from the opioid addiction crisis: Time for progressive strategies?
September 16, 2019Instead of having people die from addictions, governments could be providing services like safe injection sites, needle exchanges, HIV and Hepatitis screening.
Read moreCanadian health care getting attention in U.S. election; how about income inequality?
September 13, 2019The faster that income and wealth concentrate at the top, the worse off the daily lives of average people become.
Read moreAll honor to the San Patricios, the St. Patrick’s Battalion
September 12, 2019Official U.S. history paints the Mexican War (1846-48) as a story of “heroic” American settlers fighting for “freedom” from Mexico. The Irish immigrants who gave their all saw that fight far differently.
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