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."
In North Carolina, hope amidst political chaos
Republicans in North Carolina are doing everything they can to take away the rights of minorities.
Billionaires celebrate their own social security freedom day
Social Security needs to get the money from where the money went.
President Chicken Little goes medieval, channels dead presidents
Like Chicken Little, the dishonored Trump name looks to go down as the icon of self-destructive over-reach, puffed up, then deflated by its own arrogance. Are we not learning “nothing to lose” could be the worst Trump delusion?
The enduring limits of American power
The decline of U.S. power isn’t a problem; it is a call to global action.
The High School Valedictory Address You Weren’t Supposed to Hear
Evan Young, valedictorian of his graduating class this year, was told by his school Principal that he was not allowed to give the valedictorian speech he wrote because it included his admission of being gay. The principal even went so far as to out Evan to his father!
The twisted, tragic reality of vaccine apartheid
True to form, the Western pharmaceutical companies responsible for producing vaccines are already telling shareholders that they will raise prices on them in the near future.
Uproar as State Department official criticizes UN expert following report on Gaza crisis
Matthew Miller's comments came after Albanese presented a report concluding that actions by Israel in Gaza could be classified as genocide, sparking a fierce debate on the international stage.
Meet the organizers pursuing a progressive takeover of the Republican party
‘Brand New Congress’ is going after red states and Republican voters with left populism.
Top 10 US billionaires got $1 billion richer every day of pandemic
The 10 wealthiest billionaires in the U.S. have added roughly $1 billion to their collective fortune every day—or around $12,600 per second—since...