by Starlette Thomas | Dec 31, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
“You got me workin’, workin’ day and night.” From his 1979 album “Off the Wall,” this is the chorus to Michael Jackson’s “Workin’ Day and Night” and a popular refrain of automatons in a capitalist society. Still, millions of Americans don’t earn enough...
by Justin Bronson Barringer | Dec 17, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
The streets are decked with lights, stores are flooded with frantic shoppers, and advertisements promise joy at a discount. Yet, in this season celebrating the birth of Christ, the poor are pushed further to the margins, exploited by a system that turns sacred...