Thursday, April 25, 2024

Before the NFL took a knee: 4 lesser-known moments of resistance in sports history

This isn’t the first time the world of professional sports has entered the fight for civil rights and racial justice.

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."

New data shows many Americans believe in human causes climate change, yet a staggering...

The poll, which was conducted between Nov. 29 and Dec. 10, came just after the U.S. government published a critical climate report last month with warnings of human-caused global warming having major consequences on the livelihoods of Americans.
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‘A shameful week for the US:’ Trump admin guts UN resolution to end rape...

The resolution was gutted after the U.S. threatened to veto the measure altogether unless language referencing reproductive health was taken out

N.C. shut down a group home last year. The US just gave it a...

Advocates for migrant children have criticized the government for relying on these large new facilities.

US press horrified by Trump’s “shoot migrants in the legs” but ignores what Israeli...

The Jupiter-sized blind spot of US media managed to report without mentioning that this procedure, of shooting people massing on the border in the legs has over the past 18 months become the routine Israeli policy.

Why doesn’t American political culture understand the power of direct action campaigns?

It’s time to recover what we once knew: Direct action campaigns are the engine that power movements past state power and right-wing violence.
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Dangerous women embracing risk to change the world: Ava DuVernay, Ai-jen Poo, Abigail Disney...

“I didn’t ask for forgiveness ever or permission ever. I just did what I thought was right.”

CNN Records Reporter Telling Debate Focus Group What To Say

Was the focus group being coached?
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Spurned reporters should dump Trump briefings and turn to investigative journalism

We need less advertising (or “public relations” in some versions), and a helluva lot more journalism these days.