To corporate media, an exercise bike ad is more newsworthy than 3/4 of a...
Even when media did choose to cover the NDAA, the majority of these outlets chose to focus on the main victory that was negotiated by Democrats.
Damning Canadian inquiry calls the murder and disappearance of Indigenous women & girls genocide
The report follows decades of anguish and anger as indigenous communities have called for greater attention to the epidemic of dead and missing indigenous women, girls and two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual people.
The triumph and tragedy of the Olympic Refugee Team
It's beautiful that there's an Olympic team for 82 million displaced people. But have we accepted mass displacement as the new normal?
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."
School shooters and drones
In its endless wars, America has been the true school shooter on this planet, terrorizing the global classroom with a remarkable lack of consequences.
America is exceptional in all the wrong ways
On the global stage, America is the exception, but not in the way we would like to believe.
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.
Civil rights tours draw in new generations
The current political landscape is inspiring more people from the U.S. and abroad to visit the sites where the civil rights movement made history.
Fixing the language of journalism to reflect reality
Campaign ‘donations’ are bribes and the ‘Free’ World ain’t so free...
The time has come for a global minimum wage
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is celebrating its 100th anniversary this June. In the wake of a devastating world war, its mission...









