Yearly Archives: 2017
Let the media coverage of Manchester victims be a model for all young victims...
“These terrorist attacks are not confined to Europe. They take place every single day in Iraq, in Syria, in Afghanistan, in Pakistan and Yemen, Bahrain.”
Congressional candidate charged with assault for body-slamming reporter
On Wednesday night, at least three Montana newspapers rescinded their endorsements of Gianforte.
Police officer caught punching teenage girl on video
Local activists are demanding an independent investigation into the needless beating of a teenage girl.
Trump administration says it isn’t anti-science as it seeks to slash EPA science office
The Office of Research and Development has been at the front line of virtually every environmental crisis. Trump wants to cut its funding in half.
Upstate New York Trump voters hit hard in President’s proposed 2018 budget
Beware the supporter scorned.
Taxpayers charged $7 billion a year to subsidize fossil fuels on public lands
"This report makes it clear as day that the Trump agenda is the fossil fuel billionaire agenda."
Terror and geopolitics: Manchester in 2017 and in 1996
Both Manchester bombings were reactions against a history of colonial shaping of the lives of local people.
Wash. Post didn’t disclose that writer who penned positive piece about Trump’s Saudi trip...
Why does the Post embarrass itself by publishing lobbyist Ed Rogers?
Using lunch to punish the poor
Nearly half of American school districts shame and stigmatize kids whose parents can't afford school lunches.
Why Bernie Sanders is pushing for more employee-owners in the workforce
In times when Washington is unlikely to agree on much, employee ownership offers a bipartisan approach toward building a stronger and more just economy.