Yearly Archives: 2021
Pandemic profiteers: Hospitals sued patients over medical debt while getting billions in relief aid
“There’s a lot of talk in our healthcare system about putting patients first, … but this is not doing that.”
The far right in uniform
How extreme is the U.S. military?
Half of global methane emissions come from aquatic ecosystems – much of this is...
We can effectively reduce methane emissions and help mitigate climate change with the right land use and management choices.
Video reveals police officers beating unarmed teen
Last week, two of the officers were fired from the department after police officials reviewed the body cam videos.
Lessons from the past: Protecting women and girls from violence during COVID-19
Little attention has been paid to women and girls in humanitarian settings, those whose safety has already been reduced due to conflict, natural disaster or displacement.
Why Kingian democratic socialism is the best path forward for the progressive left
On the anniversary of his assassination, Martin Luther King’s full radical vision is still the best guide for how to lead America to the promised land.
‘The greatest purveyor of violence in the world’
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death."
Analysis: Fossil fuel tax programs to cut emissions lead to lots of industry profit,...
Policies like this, including putting a price on carbon, “allow polluters to keep polluting and pay the tax.”
MLK opposed ‘poverty, racism & militarism’ in speech one year before his assassination 53...
“Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism and militarism.”
‘We will not stop’: First Nations land defenders take direct action against Trans Mountain...
"We have never provided and will never provide our collective free, prior, and informed consent—the minimal international standard—to the Trans Mountain Pipeline Project."