How this country fails its most vulnerable
A field guide to our threadbare social safety net...
World Bank ramps up investments to fight climate crisis
"Climate change is an existential threat to the world's poorest and most vulnerable. These new targets demonstrate how seriously we are taking this issue, investing and mobilizing $200 billion over five years to combat climate change."
Inspiring student in France creates environmental app to motivate others to make a difference...
"At the end of the day I know that I've done something good on this day for the planet."
Native American communities bear brunt of shutdown with medicine shortages & suspended food programs
Democratic members of Congress held a hearing Tuesday on the effects of the shutdown on health, education and employment in Native communities.
The other Mexican migration
Instead of building a senseless border wall to keep people out of the US, our leaders ought to be looking across the border for ideas on how to build a better healthcare system.
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 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.
Antebellum America Redux
What is the answer to this problem that has been with our nation since its founding?
‘About time’: Women’s groups applaud resignation of MSNBC host Chris Matthews after ‘decades-long history...
"Matthews had no business being on television for as long as he has been. That was true before Laura Bassett courageously came forward to share her story, and it remains true to this day."
Happy ThanksGetting Day
This column is just about one tiny example of the unfairness of this current corporate/capitalist system.