Philadelphia police commissioner confirms officer will be fired after fatally shooting child
"As we continue to investigate the police-involved shooting of a 12-year-old boy, @PPDCommish is taking direct action to suspend the shooting officer, with the intent to dismiss after 30 days due to violations of PPD’s Use of Force directive."
How union workers safeguard American democracy
There’s no denying that this advocacy protects Americans’ freedoms.
How Putin’s skill-set shows up Trump’s. One’s a calculating, thuggish, earth-jolting authoritarian, the other...
Their personalities and very different strengths and weaknesses will determine their fate and final standing.
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine – can we avoid WW3?
Wars can end with diplomacy and good faith.
What the US can learn from Canadian activists who blocked truck convoys
As the trucker convoy makes its way to Washington, Canadian blockades offer lessons on how to stop far-right occupations in their tracks.
Billionaire-backed group enlists Trump-supporting citizens to hunt for voter fraud using discredited techniques
The Voter Reference Foundation is putting the nation’s voter rolls online while making unsupported claims suggesting election fraud. The group’s funding can be traced to a Super PAC funded by the CEO of Uline.
Study warns of ‘profound’ consequences as Amazon nears ‘tipping point’
New research reveals lost rainforest resiliency imperils biodiversity, carbon storage, and the climate "at a global scale."
CPAC 2022—no war, but the culture war
The faces of CPAC have changed from a more traditional conservative to an odd mixture of libertarian isolationism and cultural dog-whistling so loud that my labradoodle back at home started howling.
Trump just endorsed an Oath Keeper’s plan to seize control of the Republican Party
It has already inspired thousands of people to fill positions at the lowest rung of the party ladder.
Ukraine: Nonviolent resistance is a brave and often effective response to aggression
There has been mounting evidence that nonviolent resistance is more effective than violent resistance, even against despots.