One major way we can reduce the suffering of animals raised for food
Veterinarians have an opportunity to uphold medical ethics—and give the nation’s factory-farmed animals a small bit of mercy when they are killed.
Video: Cop assaults and arrests nurse for refusing to draw blood
Although Payne has been suspended from the department’s blood draw program, the abusive detective remains on active duty while under internal investigation.
California cop on paid leave after detaining former Marine filming him
Vallejo police have begun an internal affairs investigation, and placed David McLaughlin on paid leave Monday.
Federal workers to receive Friday off to observe Juneteenth
“This is an important step forward for our country.”
Watchdog group files complaint against Attorney General William Barr for abuse of office
“Attorney General Barr has directly contradicted, misrepresented or undermined the independent, non-partisan and credible work of both the Department’s Inspector General and its Special Counsel, in order to blunt conclusions by these officials which were contrary to the views and interests of President Trump.”
The existential threat from the non-stop barrage of right-wing sedition
Long term democratic states are, by any known measure, the great exceptions, not the historic rule.
An out of control president, the GOP, and the specter of fascism converge to...
America has now arrived at the point at which the survival of our democracy is clearly at stake.
A Republican tried to introduce a commonsense gun law. Then the gun lobby got...
After a sheriff’s deputy was murdered in a Denver suburb, Colorado state Rep. Cole Wist took action by sponsoring a red flag bill. It likely cost him his seat. ProPublica spoke to Wist about the harsh realities of gun reform.
America at the Rubicon
A government of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich.
State senator resigns after using racial slurs
“All of us are accountable for our actions and comments.”









