Yearly Archives: 2017
Health care repeal is a stealth tax break for millionaires
If Obama's health law is reversed, taxes will go down for the rich and up for the poor, while millions lose coverage.
USDA grants final approval for Monsanto/Scotts’ genetically engineered grass
"USDA's approval of this genetically engineered grass is as dangerous as it is unlawful."
Don’t judge Sessions by his cover
He wrote the book on discrimination.
Media silence after water protectors and police clash on MLK Day
On MLKDay 2017 water protectors were shot at and tear gassed once again by law enforcement in riot gear.
The long ordeal of whistleblower Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Manning is expected to be released on May 17.
Fighting the Black Snake at Two Rivers: How Standing Rock-style protest came to west...
The actions, along with arrests, will likely continue in the coming weeks and months.
Big protests are fine, but here’s a to-do list for lasting change
After the inauguration and the Women’s March on Washington, what comes next? To make real change, we’ll need to build power where we live.
Betsy DeVos as the Secretary of Education
The keys to authentic education have always been interest and ability and when these are absent so too is authentic learning.
Trump, Betsy DeVos and the plan to end democratic education
Trump’s victory and DeVos’s voucher advocacy could motivate Republican supermajorities to cut further from education in an effort to move public education into the private sector.
When women revolted
The coming years promise grave challenges, but a revived feminist movement can move us in the right direction.