NRA says Secret Service ‘responsible for event security,’ guns prohibited during Pence’s keynote speech
The NRA announced that weapons of all kinds will be prohibited from the Institute for Legislative Action Leadership forum "prior to and during" Vice President Mike Pence's keynote speech in Dallas on Friday.
Why we need to ban college legacy admissions
A big reason rich kids have such an advantage is so-called “legacy admissions”—the preference elite schools give to family members of alumni.
Why police from 7 different states invaded a Standing Rock camp—and other questions
To clear the way for a pipeline, North Dakota invoked a measure reserved for state emergencies like natural disasters. That’s one answer.
These 8 men are richer than half the world’s population
The gap between the super-rich and the poor is greater than even a year ago.
A kingdom where nobody dies
America’s childhood, a kingdom we’ve surrendered for no good reason at all.
Bayer announces plan to end glyphosate-based herbicide sales to US consumers by 2023
The company will replace glyphosate in the consumer lawn and garden segment with other "known and well-established active ingredients."
Is Donald Trump an asteroid?
If we care about our children and grandchildren, as 2019 begins there is no time to spare and no more burning issue on Planet Earth than this.
“Members of the Jury, You Have Just Found Jesus Christ guilty”: Remembering the Catonsville...
“On this Easter Weekend, I would like to focus on a few of the statements made by the Catonsville Nine, as recorded by Daniel Berrigan in ‘The Trial of the Catonsville Nine.’”
Anti-abortionists played the long game, and they are winning
The U.S. is sliding toward a grim future where abortion is criminalized with little support for families. This “new normal” is disproportionately impacting low-income people of color.
Supreme Court confronts Trump’s unprecedented immunity claim amidst legal battle over 2020 election turmoil
This legal challenge has ignited widespread debate over the accountability of high-ranking officials and the principles underpinning American democracy.