Saturday, November 7, 2026

How a black farming community found justice

Shirley Sherrod co-founded New Communities, a Black farming community in rural Georgia. But at one time, she wanted to leave farming far...

Three years after the first global school strike, signs of the youth climate movement’s...

Instead of succumbing to the challenges of the past few years, young climate activists are learning to adapt and build on their past actions.
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Take the knee: Athletes unite in historic protest against racism & police brutality, defying...

It was the biggest display of athletic defiance in years.

America’s addictions

It goes beyond opioids – America is addicted to Donald Trump and war.

‘Corporate media are not observers of the electoral process; they are participants’

And that is a complete misunderstanding of the actual sociology of America.

Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, August 14, 2018

DNC will take fossil fuel money after all, Income inequality in America vs. Europe, and more.
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Attempt to close Al-Jazeera is an attack on freedom of expression, UN says

The channel has become part of Qatar’s grand strategy, and asking them to close it down is like asking Switzerland to close its banks.
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Rev. William Barber: Tear gassing Central American migrants is inhumane, unconstitutional, immoral

"This is white nationalism being played out in public policy. This is racism being played out in public policy. This is also inhumane."

You don’t need a weatherman…

Taken from one of Bob Dylan's songs, Subterranean Homesick Blues, this lyric "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"...

Top 6 ways our world changed in 2021

It is time to look back at 2021 and consider the most consequential developments.