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Myth of US individualism and inequality

“Often we think that if we are not happy, it’s our problem, and we just have to show more grit"

Salon · Apr 12, 2023

Held Down by Our Bootstraps

Author Alissa Quart says the myth of American individualism is a poor excuse for inequality.

Capital & Main · Apr 11, 2023

CRT ban a front for school privatization

AFT President Randi Weingarten says GOP has an “intentional strategy” to sow distrust of public schools

Salon · Mar 29, 2023

‘We’re Doing Jobs it Should Take Three People to Do.’

LAUSD bus driver says their three-day strike is about both pay and working conditions.

Capital & Main · Mar 21, 2023

Director Joslyn Lyons on Former NBA Star Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf’s Long, Strange Journey

The Showtime documentary 'Stand' chronicles the life and controversial career of the former Denver Nuggets guard.

Capital & Main · Mar 13, 2023

Struggling to Build Solidarity Across Lines of Race, Class and Gender

A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist travels to a factory in Indiana and discovers the working class.

Capital & Main · Mar 7, 2023

Food Workers Find Doors Barred on Day of Union Protest

On the day Flying Food Group employees in L.A. had planned to picket, they found exit doors wouldn't open.

Capital & Main · Mar 6, 2023

Business and legislative leaders push to replace expired tax break with a new one

Business groups warned lawmakers that Texas could lose business to other states without something to replace the so-called Chapter 313 tax break, which gave some companies big breaks on school taxes.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 1, 2023

High gas prices lead to climate rollback

Industry lobbyists' well-funded referendum could sway voters with misinformation

Salon · Feb 22, 2023

Colorado Lawmakers Eye Climate-Friendly Pension Reform

If OK'd, measure would be the first nationwide to require climate impact analysis in investment decisions.

Capital & Main · Feb 20, 2023