OP-ED

Chicago is phasing out the subminimum wage for tipped workers, which is a legacy of slavery, to ensure that all workers are paid a living wage and have the dignity of a stable income.

On February 28, 2026, the first day of the 2026 Iran war, the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school in the Shahrak-e Al-Mahdi neighborhood of Minab, Hormozgan province in southern Iran was destroyed by a missile strike, killing at least 175 people, over 100 of them school children, many of whom were from poor families and may have been of African descent.

President Trump attempted to end birthright citizenship in the US through an executive order, which was met with opposition from advocates and federal courts, and is currently being reviewed by the Supreme Court.

House Republicans have passed the Trump-backed SAVE Act, a voter suppression bill disguised as an "election integrity" measure, which makes it more difficult for certain people to vote and is designed to limit the number of Black people voting.

Millions of Americans took to the streets under the banner "No Kings" to protest the political system which they believe increasingly serves the powerful while ordinary Americans are left behind.

The SAVE America Act is a voter suppression bill that would disproportionately harm Black Americans by requiring specific proof of citizenship and implementing voter-roll purges, and is ultimately a modern-day resurrection of the poll taxes and literacy tests of the Jim Crow era.

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is a proposed solution to the issue of unequal vote weighting in presidential elections, which would ensure that the person with the most votes wins, and is a patriotic step towards becoming the democracy America has always claimed to be.

The federal budget reflects the values of the policymakers, as trillions are allocated for war and tax cuts, while student debt relief is met with caution and debate.

Deindustrialization has caused widespread joblessness, hopelessness, and suffering across the nation, and it is time for Americans to come together and create an industrial plan to prepare for the jobs of the future and ensure that everyone has a chance to rise again.

Jason Dozier, an Iraq War veteran and Atlanta City Council member, has spoken out against the current war in Iran, citing the lack of a clear strategy and the repetition of past mistakes made in the Iraq War.