Homeless Austin Residents Criticize Governor’s ‘Demonizing’ Tweets
As the governor latches on to violent incidents, people experiencing homelessness say he’s painting them with too broad of a brush.
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Jokes at Rural Americans’ Expense Aren’t Worth the Chuckle
A CNN segment last week prompted outrage over the left’s denigration of rural Trump voters. The critics have a point.
OTI Criticizes FCC Plan to Give Unnecessary $9.7 Billion Payoff to Satellite Companies
Michael Calabrese on the FCC’s unprecedented plan to auction off spectrum licenses.
The Sinister Realities of Google’s Tear-Jerking Super Bowl Commercial
No matter how much Google insists otherwise, our memories aren’t commodities—and neither are we.
Time for the FAMILY Act
Paid leave for all is a cornerstone of equity and opportunity, Vicki Shabo argues—and the FAMILY Act is the way to get there.
Trump’s State of the Union Declared We’re in a “Blue-Collar Boom.” Workers Don’t Agree.
The low-income and blue-collar workers we interviewed across the country did not describe a booming economy.
Ted Johnson on National Solidarity, the Military, and Using Twitter as a Mini Opinion Column
New America 2017 Fellow Theodore R. Johnson spoke about his book When the Stars Align.
A year in brief from the Resource Security Program
Community College System Drives Youth Apprenticeship Development in New Hampshire
Indiana Avenue: The Ethnic Cleansing of Black Indianapolis
A bustling center of commerce, art and homes, the Indiana Avenue area in Indianapolis was a destination for Midwestern Black Americans.