Farewell 2017, year of anxiety
There was anxiety in the air throughout much of the world in 2017—here's what you should know going into 2018.
Recent disasters reveal racial discrimination in FEMA aid process
But if the FEMA response to recent disasters is any indication, storm victims could face barriers in securing federal aid – especially if they're not white.
Kavanaugh accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, willing to testify before Senate: Attorney
"She's willing to do whatever it takes to get her story forth."
Documenting Hate: New doc lays bare the violent white supremacy that exploded in Charlottesville
It became the biggest and deadliest white supremacist rally in the United States in decades.
TSA’s ‘Quiet Skies’ surveillance program receives backlash, DHS to further review program’s legality
The surveillance program has air marshals following passengers and recording their behaviors and any other observations providing minute-by-minute updates for reports, which are sent directly to TSA.
Why the time-honored White House protest needs defending
There is a lot for us to do, and unless we have public space, we can’t do the work of building a different kind of society and a different kind of world.
How broadcast networks covered climate change in 2016
The networks failed to devote significant coverage to climate-related policies, but they still found the time to uncritically air climate denial.
Trump admin’s move to delay placing Harriet Tubman on $20 bill is ‘rooted in...
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin made the announcement last week, saying Tubman won’t appear on the bill until at least 2026.
Hundreds of activists stage sit-in against big polluters on final day of COP24 U.N....
“People not polluters.”
Shutoffs continue as people of Detroit fight for water as a human right, Part...
Michigan has meanwhile presented itself as the ground zero of water problems, as the people of Detroit worked to make themselves a model for solutions.