Yearly Archives: 2016
Obama “Passes the Baton”
Obama celebrated “all that we’ve achieved together” last night, and while “we’ve still got more work to do,” argued that Hillary Clinton will “finish the job.”
Campaigns End on Election Day. Revolutions Don’t.
Despite supporters' natural disappointment that their efforts ended short of the Oval Office, the majority are not petulantly giving up on politics, as most pundits predicted.
The 1 Percent’s Useful Idiots
Did Bernie Sanders let us down? It looks like we will have to carry out the political revolution on our own.
ExxonMobil Top Sponsor at ALEC Annual Meeting
Exxon is represented on the ALEC corporate board, and has funded ALEC since as early as 1981, providing at least $1,730,200 between 1998 and 2014.
District Attorney Refuses to Charge Officer Responsible for Son’s Death
Instead of charging the officer with negligence or child endangerment, the DA decided not to prosecute because forgetting an infant inside a car is legally equivalent to accidentally leaving one’s groceries in the trunk.
Exclusive: Lizz Winstead and Abortion Stories in the Public Square
Lady Parts Justice League protested outside the Republican National Convention to raise awareness for pro-choice activism.
Imagine
“Right now, sadly, we are racing to the bottom. Before we hit it, can we access our big human brains that know how to imagine, to dream, to create workable new paths to peace and prosperity? It is truly up to us.”
All Charges Dropped in Freddie Gray Case
Prosecutors in Baltimore just dropped all remaining charges against the last three city police officers awaiting trial in the death of Freddie Gray.
There’s No Business Like the Arms Business
Weapons “R” Us (But You’d Never Know It)
NoC at the DNC: Daughter of Murdered Honduran Activist Speaks Out
Three months ago Laura hugged her mother one last time - and now she’s in Philadelphia to make her voice heard.