Groups Ask Clinton For “Unequivocal Statement” On Lame-Duck TPP Vote
“Your continued leadership is sadly necessary as President Obama refuses to abandon this unpopular deal.”
SEC Charges 71 Cities And States With Fraud
Instead of facing trials, the parties agreed to settle the actions and to cease any future violations.
Police Defend Chasing Down Innocent 5th Grader With Guns Drawn
While the encounter is a clear example of racial profiling that left a child traumatized, the President of James Stewart Jr. of the Newark Fraternal Order of Police maintains the officers were doing their due diligence.
Climate Change and the 1,000-Year Flood in Baton Rouge: When Will We Learn?
There is growing grass-roots activism directly confronting the extraction and transport of fossil fuels in addition to raising awareness of climate change.
Creating Change: Lessons From a Private-Prison Victory
This an opportunity to renew our understanding of the social compact. It allows us to emphasize the value of communitarian idealism over individualistic greed.
Why Can’t Our Economy Promote Equality and Shared Prosperity?
"If you're not at the table, you're on the menu." The "Take On Wall Street" campaign intends to put you and me — the People — at the table for a change.
Humanitarian Imperialism? All but Forgotten, South Sudan Unravels
A South Sudan that can’t guarantee basic rights to its citizens isn’t worthy of celebration, let alone international recognition.
3 Reasons the Standing Rock Sioux Can Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline
For starters, this protest is about a competing idea for the future of the planet—and waves of people will show up to make that point.
Illegal Herbicide Use on GMO Crops Causing Massive Damage to Fruit, Vegetable and Soybean...
One of the worst parts of this whole debacle is that farmers—by being forced to grow dicamba resistant GMO soybeans—are losing the choice of what they can grow.
Democracy in America Is a Useful Fiction
The civic, patriotic and political language we use to describe ourselves remains unchanged. But the America we celebrate is an illusion.