Harriet Tubman And The Currency Of Resistance
The story of Harriet Tubman, of her courageous resistance to injustice, of her fight to free slaves, for equality for women - all this must be the common currency of our democracy.
New York Elections Board to Face Audit Over Primary Problems
Mayor Bill de Blasio said that voters and voting rights monitors had reported the “purging of entire buildings and blocks of voters from the voting lists.”
Free College for All Worked in the US for 100 Years Until Elite Took...
Bernie Sanders' call for free public college is being called and unaffordable fantasy by Hillary Clinton, who opposes free college for those who can pay, but the reality is that college was free in the US for 100 years until the rich and powerful in Washington took it away in the 1960s. We had it once, and can have it again!
BREAKING: Criminal Charges for 3 Over Flint Water Crisis is “Only the Beginning”
Attorney General Bill Schuette stated that these charges are “only the beginning” and that no one guilty will be able to escape justice because “no one is above the law.”
San Francisco Becomes First Major City to Require Solar Panels on New Buildings
California also has more solar jobs and installed more megawatts of solar capacity last year than any other state in the nation.
President Obama Can Help Save Saudi Youth Facing Beheading
If the Saudi government beheads these young men, it will further ignite sectarian hatred.
The New Common Ground Between Populist Left and Right
Both want to get big money out of politics, reverse Citizens United, and restore our democracy.
Clinton and Trump Win the New York Primary
Regardless of the results, it was widely reported that the New York primary was a disaster.
Why Isn’t Everyone In Favor of Taxing Financial Speculation?
Wall Street Insiders who trade on confidential information unavailable to small investors don’t improve the productivity of financial markets. They just rig the game for themselves.
Ben & Jerry Arrested in Front of Capitol Building
Joining hundreds of other activists on Monday, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were arrested in front of the Capitol Building along with several top officials from the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, the AFL-CIO, and NAACP.









