Yearly Archives: 2016
21 Peaceful Protestors Arrested During Prayer Ceremony at Standing Rock
The officers responsible were from the Morton County Sheriff’s Department, the same department that sent officers armed with mace and attack dogs against the protestors earlier this month.
Solidarity From Solitary: The National Prison Strike
The national scope of the prisoner strike, with actions in 40 to 50 prisons around the U.S., is truly historic, as is the solidarity demonstrated between the prisoners and the guards.
Madoff in the White House?
How Trump’s conflicts of interest could become ours.
Scott Walker’s Political Magic
Corporate cash — flowing from Home Depot to Donald Trump — funded the governor's campaign to victory, despite public opinion.
An Open Letter to the People of the United States: Election or Revolution?
“Is our destiny in our own hands? Only if we have enough people of courage to accept responsibility for it. Are you one of them?”
Congress: Flint Residents Can Wait for Clean Water
"The people of Flint deserved assistance more than a year ago, and they require assistance now, without further delay."
Political Pressure Forces Wells Fargo Executives to Give Back $60 Million As Punishment
Wells Fargo was first exposed three years ago by journalists and it has taken this long to finally see some repercussions.
In the First Debate, The People’s Issues Came Second
We got a show. But not the answers we deserve.
Standing Firm at Standing Rock: Why the Struggle is Bigger Than One Pipeline
For indigenous people, the fight to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline is about reviving a way of life.
Laboratories of Democracy
Perhaps it's time to for the Democrats' strategic geniuses and the rest of us to pay a bit more attention to state rep/senate races.