Yearly Archives: 2016
Berkeley Soda Tax Is Working
Are Berkeley residents better off?
Trump to Meet Mexican President
Republican nominee Donald Trump will be visiting Mexico City today where a private meeting will be held between him and the President of Mexico.
Nonviolent Revolt in the Twenty-First Century
“If you also wish to be part of the worldwide movement to end violence in all of its forms, you are welcome to sign the online pledge of ‘The People's Charter to Create a Nonviolent World’.”
Dakota Access Pipeline Tribal Liaison Formerly Worked For Agency Issuing Permit To Cross Tribal...
U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg will issue a ruling on the Standing Rock tribe's request for an injunction on September 9
Over $628 Billion in Public Costs Cleaning Up Fukushima and Not Near Done
According to the Japan Times, the public cost of cleaning up the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster topped ¥4.2 trillion (roughly $628 billion) as of March and is expected to keep climbing.
As France Lifts Municipal Burkini Ban, Let’s Ask Why We Should Care What Other...
Islamophobic conservatives express outrage that Western progressives support Muslim rights that the conservatives want to curb. But progressives also support Sikhs, Haredi Jews and others who want to be different, as long as their being different doesn’t harm anyone.
Donald Trump in the Bayou
The Tea Party, a Sinkhole in Louisiana, and the Contradictions of American Political Life
The “People’s Fed” and the Oracles of Jackson Hole
As long as the Fed’s organizational culture is dominated by the financial sector, it cannot reflect the American people’s needs, hopes and values.
The Era Of Private Prisons May Soon Be Over
Homeland Security will review the use of private prisons for immigrant detention.
Federal Judge Protects Two Transgender Individuals From North Carolina’s HB2
It’s the first sign that the discriminatory law is doomed to fail.