Demanding House vote on net neutrality, open internet defenders gear up for nationwide day...
"The overwhelming majority of Americans understand that strong net neutrality rules are the prerequisite for an open and citizen-friendly internet."
Benefits of equality
“Billionaire wealth is surging at the same time that millions face suffering, hardship, and loss of life. This is a grotesque indicator of the deep inequalities in U.S. Society."
Trophy hunting – can it really be justified by ‘conservation benefits’?
Killing animals for fun is an activity which divides opinion. It can also be a highly emotive issue, with high profile cases...
One year later: GOP tax scam results in $9 billion in profits for big...
"These shameful actions—and the Republican tax law that permitted them—indicate just how rigged the system is against working people and the middle class."
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, October 2
Amazon adopts $15 minimum wage, California bans animal-tested cosmetics and becomes first state to require women on corporate boards, and more.
Sharing is key to a new economic and democratic order
We are at the beginning of the Age of Sharing, but it will not be gifted to us.
Gun violence research matters. Here’s why
Private and individual donors—and recently a few states—have been stepping into a federal funding void to finance gun violence research.
The roots of police violence in Chicago: How cops have targeted communities of color...
"It’s been part of the culture, along with the code of silence, along with the systemic racism that is so prevalent in the Chicago Police Department."
How grassroots activists made peace with North Korea possible
The leaders of North and South Korea are meeting in Pyongyang this week to discuss the possibility of a peace treaty to end the decades-long conflict dividing the Korean Peninsula.
Fear of falling
If the U.S. is to break its headlong rush into failed statehood, it must begin by addressing the legitimate demands of the people this country has failed from its very inception.