Bernie Sanders to re-introduce $15 minimum wage bill to new Congress
Current federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour and has not been raised since 2009.
China restores rhino and tiger parts ban after international fury
"WWF welcomes the news that China has postponed lifting its ban on the domestic trade in rhino horn and tiger bone, signalling a positive response to international reaction."
Peace Congress replaces Trump military parade on November 10 in Washington, DC
End U.S. wars at home and abroad. Reclaim Armistice Day.
“We are still here”: Native Americans win a voice in government
In light of important midterm election wins, two Native journalists revisit the influence of Indigenous peoples on democracy through the ages.
After massacre in California bar, will a Democrat-controlled House take action on gun control?
The dead include 27-year-old Telemachus Orfanos, who survived the deadly Las Vegas massacre at a country music festival last year, only to be gunned down Wednesday night.
‘Invasion’ by caravan and the future of mass migration
One thing we can be sure of is that the mainstream corporate press has no interest in covering these issues at all, at least until they can no longer be ignored.
BREAKING: 12 dead after mass shooting took place at a bar in California
The gunman, Ian David Long, who was a Marine Corps veteran, killed at least 12 people at the bar and country music hall in Thousand Oaks.
The first guaranteed basic income program designed for single black moms
The Magnolia Mothers Trust is the first of its kind that specifically targets single Black mothers.
Bernie Sanders reminds people to get out and vote by showing them what’s at...
Republicans' plans are a disaster for middle class working people and the planet but a blessing for the mega-rich.
The evidence pours in: Poverty getting much worse in America
As one of the most unequal nations in the entire world, America is also, in many ways, one of the most poverty-stricken.