Yearly Archives: 2017
Bernie Sanders: If you throw 32 million people off of health insurance, tens of...
"Short term, I hope that we can work with the Republicans to end the absurdity of us paying the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. Longer term we need a Medicare for all, and I will introduce that once this debate is over."
The battle over what it means to be female
“How do we explore these rights for transgender folks in a way that does not undermine the rights of women or people of color?”
Trump’s escalating assault on the press
Will news organizations be intimidated?
Major new study shows pesticide risk to honey bees
Scientists are calling for a complete ban on neonics, but will governments listen?
Meet the activists still fighting the anti-woman legacy of Bill Clinton’s welfare reform
Why welfare activists are throwing their weight behind the RISE Out of Poverty Act.
Mistakes in the news are not fake news
And tantrums from the faker-in-chief don’t make them so.
A rising tide of anger and frustration spreads across America, generating positive actions
This is exactly what America needs, what it must have, at this most critical time in its history.
EPA boss launches program to ‘critique’ scientific consensus on climate change
Since taking the EPA’s helm, Pruitt has assisted with President Trump’s systematic dismantling of critical rules that protect the environment in favor of energy development.
The challenges and strengths of Palestine’s ‘orchestra’ of civil resistance
How can your way of participating in a movement confront rather than reinforce the patterns of privilege and oppression that already exist between these identity groups?
Attempt to close Al-Jazeera is an attack on freedom of expression, UN says
The channel has become part of Qatar’s grand strategy, and asking them to close it down is like asking Switzerland to close its banks.