A Republican tried to introduce a commonsense gun law. Then the gun lobby got...
After a sheriff’s deputy was murdered in a Denver suburb, Colorado state Rep. Cole Wist took action by sponsoring a red flag bill. It likely cost him his seat. ProPublica spoke to Wist about the harsh realities of gun reform.
A path to freedom? Journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal wins chance to reargue appeal in 1981...
On Thursday, a Philadelphia judge ruled Abu-Jamal can reargue his appeal in the case before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
The GOP tax cuts are bad champagne for small business
But maybe, with our help, the next Congress will be up to the task of supporting small business, the real engine of growth in our economy.
Tabloid Takedown of Bernie Sanders
What explains the unrepentant disdain the elite media cast on Sanders’ bold ideas and insurgent campaign? In short, class.
Rising politics of intolerance and the need for unity
Division in any form, including nationalism, and competition go against human nature.
‘Big attack on working people:’ Trump moves to redefine poverty in order to slash...
"A novel way to take health care etc. away from people AND make it look like there are fewer poor people – change the formula."
Pocahontas is an inspiration, not a racial slur
If Trump were a reader of history, he might know that calling someone “Pocahontas” is actually a compliment, not an insult.
US press horrified by Trump’s “shoot migrants in the legs” but ignores what Israeli...
The Jupiter-sized blind spot of US media managed to report without mentioning that this procedure, of shooting people massing on the border in the legs has over the past 18 months become the routine Israeli policy.
Talking sense about immigration
In the end, isn’t it time to challenge the notion that people in general, and immigrants in particular, can be easily divided into deserving good guys and undeserving bad guys?
Noam Chomsky: Members of migrant caravan are fleeing from misery & horrors created by...
"Now people are fleeing from the misery and horrors for which we are responsible."