Biden’s reprieve was a good start — yet over half of borrowers, most of them Black, still owe 95% of their original loans!
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Letters to the editor, October 2022
Feedback from our readers on the energy crisis, poetry, and LGBTQ+ rights in Africa.
The rich getting richer off workers and the poor: Something has to give
“As the crisis and its source come into sharp focus, so does the solution.”
Los precios del combustible: Un problema mundial incendiario
En Estados Unidos, el precio en la gasolinera está marcando nuevos récords.
Fuel prices — an incendiary global issue
Corporate profits and oligarchs, not scarcity, are the main cause of gas hikes worldwide. Rebellion and a publicly-owned energy industry worldwide is the answer.
Wage woes in the USA
This graphic shows how low the minimum wage is in many states of the USA.
An election season appeal to workers: Vote socialist, boot out Morrison and build our unions for a fightback
Workers flexing our combined muscle is how we’ll win decent wages, job security and so much more.
Privatizing Nature
A class of stocks called “Natural Asset Companies” are Wall Street’s latest scheme to exploit Earth’s resources for private profit.
Storming Caesars Palace
How Black mothers fought their own war on poverty.
Rick Scott to poor: “Pay fair share”
How dare the richest U.S. senator call for those on poverty wages to pay income tax, when the gazillionaires pay next to nothing.
