FCC refuses to investigate net neutrality comment fraud
The FCC continues to take no action to remove the fraudulent comments or to prevent them from being filed.
Bernie Sanders is right: TV networks need to do a much better job of...
“This is an issue of huge consequence and you would think that ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox would be talking about this every day, having the debate, ‘What do we do? Where do we go?’”
Amazon workers demand fair pay & conditions as company continues undercutting rivals
While online shoppers around the world flocked to Amazon’s mega-sale “Prime Day” this week, the retail giant faced growing outrage from protesters,...
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.
Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race
Facebook’s system allows advertisers to exclude black, Hispanic, and other “ethnic affinities” from seeing ads.
Share the wealth? We can start now – here’s how
Corporations have, in effect, become inequality’s single most powerful engine. We need to slow that engine down.
#BlackFridays walkouts turn rage into action and community
This initiative, connected by the Twitter hashtag #BlackFridays, has resulted in a number of symbolic walkouts across the country led by a network of women of color.
Denver teachers strike over bonus-based pay system, demanding reliable salary plan & better wages
The Denver teachers walked out Monday following 15 months of negotiations over a controversial bonus-based pay system that educators say leaves them unable to predict their salaries and guarantee financial security.
Trumping Europe? Steve Bannon’s manufactured ‘movement’
The new reality is that progressives, here in North America as in Europe, must fight on two fronts simultaneously.
Juneteenth 2019: The US must repair historic and current racism
On this Juneteenth, we must confront the impacts of racism dating back to the founding of the United States with the slave...