Former Compton deputy treasurer charged with embezzling $3.7M
Galvan could face a statutory maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.
Social Security is the key to progressive change in America
We can change all of this, but instead of just letting Congress try and tinker with it, let’s start by building a mass movement to demand a secure and improved Social Security system.
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.
8 billion humans? Population is a difficult conversation, but we need to start getting...
It’s time to rethink our broken and unfair family planning systems.
Trump’s decision to hamstring California’s climate authority is illogical and uninformed
Revoking California’s ability to set stricter air-pollution standards also misses three important benefits to California and the nation.
Plastic pollution in waterways likely to more than double by 2030, poses dire threat...
"This assessment provides the strongest scientific argument to date for the urgency to act, and for collective action to protect and restore our oceans from source to sea."
Sanders and Khanna introduce 5% wealth tax aimed at raising $4.4 trillion from 938...
Legislation would target households worth over $1 billion and direct revenue toward healthcare, housing, childcare, and teacher pay.
The Best, Most Effective Way to Stem This Rising Tide of Terrorism
It is time the Western world steps up to minimize and prevent acts of terrorism rather than just reacting to something that has already occurred.
Trump attacks journalists, comedians, and judges instead of attacking this country’s plethora of problems
Without question, Trump needs to be attacking America’s many festering problems. But there is a huge obstacle: he doesn’t have a clue how to do it.
Americans believe climate change education should be taught in schools, recent poll says
The Yale Program on Climate Change (YPCCC) reported that in a national average, 78 percent of people polled responded they either somewhat or strongly agreed.