The Injustice Boycott

Just as Montgomery’s bus boycott created change, some activists are looking to create change in the coming days, with an Injustice Boycott, starting on Monday in Standing Rock, New York City, and San Francisco. Starting with a tourism boycott and moving into a boycott of corporations headquartered in the chosen cities, the movement builds. You …

Corporations and underfunded schools

Have you heard of “McTeacher’s Night?” ThinkProgress has an explainer about how, under the guise of being good corporate citizens, corporations are taking advantage of poorly-resourced schools. Specifically, during a fundraising event named “McTeacher’s Night,” teachers can work a shift at McDonald’s during which part of the fast food restaurant’s proceeds will go toward those teachers’ …

Don’t be mad, but…

…here are some infuriating facts about inequality in America. On second thought, go ahead and be mad. It’s good for you.

I wish I’d written this…

I would normally say Twitter’s not good for much, except I’ve made a friend in Mary Ann Dimand, a minister and a sharp thinker. She wrote this letter and shared it with me. I wish I’d written the letter, myself: Dear Mr. President, You were elected chief servant of this nation. On your watch police …

Need v. greed

While the Super Committee discusses how to lower the federal budget by $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years, a new report “Food Choices: Families or Corporations” from the Praxis Project and the Alliance for a Just Society, shows just what role the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s family nutrition programs (like SNAP, the former food stamp …