Secretary of Defense opposes invoking Insurrection Act, a rebuke to President Trump
"The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations—we are not in one of those situations now."
BREAKING: Maryland Legislature Restores Voting Rights To 40,000 Ex-Offenders
The majority-Democratic legislature voted to override the Republican governor's veto.
Fourth officer charged in excessive force case
The maximum penalty for the deprivation-of-rights offenses is 10 years of imprisonment and the maximum penalty for false report offenses is 20 years of imprisonment.
BlackRock security, NYPD ‘brutalize’ climate protesters
Eleven out of 75 activists were arrested after storming the headquarters of the world's largest fossil fuel investor with pitchforks and fake oil.
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."
McMahon confirmation exposes Trump’s plan to dismantle public education
Educators, unions, and civil rights advocates warn that the Trump administration’s agenda would devastate public schools, privatize education, and gut federal oversight.
US follows Germany’s lead to send battle tanks to Ukraine
The U.S. agreed to send 31 tanks, and Germany agreed to 14.
The two decades that created our world’s first mass middle class
If we take on our rich, we can recreate that success.
Babies poop has ten times more microplastics than in adults, study finds
“Unfortunately, with the modern lifestyle, babies are exposed to so many different things for which we don't know what kind of effect they can have later in their life.”
The unbearable opportunism of right-wing fear-mongering
What evil to bash good elections—while pushing scams and insurrections.