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.
One way to skip Wall Street and invest in your community
The reality is, wealth is usually only a small part of the package of other intergenerational advantages.
Global Indigenous Peoples March set to fight human rights violations and climate crisis
"We must remind the world, again, that Indigenous people matter. We are all made better when we respect one another and lift each other up."
To Ola Bini, a political prisoner caught up in the Assange debacle
My Swedish friend is sitting in a jail cell.
Honoring the radical evolution of Martin Luther King, Jr.
He remained, to the end, the prophet of nonviolent resistance.
Your favorite charity has most of its money in Wall Street
About 93 percent of charitable foundation money is parked in Wall Street investments. But foundations are starting to make better choices.
Women’s pain is routinely underestimated, and gender stereotypes are to blame—new research
A new study has found gender stereotypes are particularly decisive in the estimation of patients’ pain.
Worldwide #RiseForClimate events kick off to demand action on crisis of warming planet
"Climate change is the defining issue of our time," say 350.org's executive director. "It is a crisis of democracy, justice, and human rights."
US media can’t think how to fight fires without $1-an-hour prison labor
The main difference: Unlike prison laborers, regular citizens have to be paid more than pittance wages.
Indigenous Peoples Day comes amid a reckoning over colonialism and calls for return of...
As Indigenous peoples the world over continue to defend ancestral lands, Indigenous Peoples Day can have important meaning, more than just the renaming of a national holiday.