Thursday, April 18, 2024

Beating back the far right globally

It’s time to resurrect a global anti-fascist consensus to name, shame, and throw these guys out of the game.

Nonviolence or nonexistence? The legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Reverend King posed the fundamental choice of our time: nonviolence or nonexistence. What is your choice?

The IMF showed the world how not to celebrate International Women’s Day

The IMF’s appeals for women’s economic stability in the recipient countries of their loans are a slap in the face to the women who are living proof of the IMF’s indifference to the human suffering they cause.

CNN and Fox News use the same climate change denier to talk science

It seems to be a media rule: If you’re “not a scientist,” pick the wrong one you like as your go-to authority.

The Crackdown on Dakota Access Pipeline Reporters Shows the Vital Role of Independent Media

These arrests have raised issues about the complex relationship between activism and journalism.
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Blistering U.N. report: Trump administration’s policies designed to worsen poverty & inequality

40 million Americans live in poverty, and 18.5 million Americans live in extreme poverty.

California just legalized public banks. Will the rest of the nation follow suit?

The new law promises to take taxpayer money back from Wall Street and reinvest it in communities.

Texas school district threatens suspension for student protests; universities respond, ‘peaceful protests won’t impact...

Individual admissions officials took to Twitter to let students know that joining such demonstrations wouldn't "affect their college acceptance decisions."

Before the NFL took a knee: 4 lesser-known moments of resistance in sports history

This isn’t the first time the world of professional sports has entered the fight for civil rights and racial justice.