HuffPost and Washington Post Reporters Face Charges in Ferguson
Huffington Post's Ryan Reilly and Washington Post's Wesley Lowery were charged with trespassing and interfering with a police officer a year after being detained during the Ferguson riots. This raises troubling questions about press freedom.
Meet Alvaro Enciso, the artist placing crosses in Sonoran desert to memorialize migrant deaths
More than 3,000 human remains have been found in the Sonoran Desert, most of them of migrants fleeing their home countries to...
The fix is in on fixing things
Big corporations want to make it illegal for you to repair the devices you bought from them.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 10, 2018
Trump rule would give $2.5 billion tax cut to big bank fat cats, Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting asylum seekers, Argentina Senate votes against legalizing abortion, and more.
The global cry for change
Billions of people throughout the world are desperate for change, for freedom, social justice, greater democracy and environmental action.
Authoritarian: Sanders describes Trump after the administration attacks the free press
"Trump describes the free media as an "enemy of the people"; attacks leaders of democratic countries while cozying up to authoritarian nations; and now uses his influence to try to stop the counting of votes in FL and GA."
Asylum seekers on US-Mexico border are waiting for days in the hot sun, told...
Democracy Now! went to the international bridge in Brownsville, Texas, and found asylum seekers waiting for days in the hot sun after being told the United States was full.
Iceland becomes first country to fix this gender inequality problem
Iceland is now the only country in the world that has legalized equal pay between the sexes.
Challenges homeless people face in getting jobs
All too often, homeless persons are unfairly blamed for their plight.
America: Rapidly sliding into the depths of bigotry, racism, and xenophobia
We need to work very hard to remove this bigotry, racism, and xenophobia from our country before this condition becomes irreversible.