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A fair tax system is the best way to enact much-needed democratic investments.

In cities across our nation, Americans rose up around the issue that brought our founding fathers to their feet and began a revolution: taxes.

“In order to build an America where a multi-racial majority can thrive,  
we must abolish the debt ceiling.”

Capitalism’s endless economic growth prioritizes the individual over community and creates extreme inequality. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Spending on our collective well-being helps people keep a roof over their heads, feed their families, and help grow our overall economy.

The resumption of student loan payments after a three-year break, is likely to deliver a blow to American economic growth, according to economists, in a move that could harm many beyond borrowers alone.

The Ohio legislature created a wholly avoidable, overly complicated situation that makes Ohioans jump through hoops to vote. Ohio voters: we want to hear about your experience.

A unique set of injustices confront workers still heading off to a job every day in the midst of a pandemic. 

“The collective trauma of this pandemic is exposing the sheer depth of inequality in this country and the consequences that has always presented for Black and brown communities. We hope that Florida election officials will stand on the right side of history..."

The COVID-19 pandemic is an environmental justice crisis—it has exposed inequalities that have persisted in places across the country with decades of pollution.

Our society has actually been built upon and defined by social distancing for many years. It’s called systemic and institutional racism.

There have been devastating reports of disproportionate rates of death in Black communities as a result of COVID-19. Racial capitalism and structural racism are to blame.