Brandon Johnson ran and won as an unabashed progressive who didn’t give in to “tough on crime” fearmongering. The lesson for the left is to stick to your principles. It is not more “pragmatic” to be a centrist.
Many workers have their health damaged by lack of access to sunlight and plants. Windows shouldn’t be seen as a perk or luxury. They are a basic necessity that everyone deserves.
“Astrotopia” author Mary-Jane Rubenstein discusses the dangerous colonial myths about the necessity of conquest and expansion, and how they show up in billionaires’ rhetoric today.
We militarize our borders and keep people seeking work from doing it. Then legislators insist we need child labor to fill a “worker shortage.” What kind of country is this?
Sanders’ new manifesto is an important reminder of what we should be fighting for, and a reminder that the Democratic party establishment is a main enemy of progress and justice.
If nobody can agree what it means, how can it be in any way useful? At the very least, we can stop using the word to insult people who are concerned about racism.