What matters is what happens next, not ‘what happened’
“Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow.”
UN passes binding ceasefire resolution as Israel intensifies Gaza bombings
Despite the UN Security Council's call for a ceasefire, Israel continues its deadly assault on Gaza, raising questions about the implementation and enforcement of international resolutions.
Native American leaders: Keystone spill highlights the need to oppose Dakota Access Expansion, KXL
“The era of fossil fuels must end."
The city where investigations of police take so long, officers kill again before reviews...
A California city’s flawed handling of fatal police shootings allowed six officers to use deadly force again before their first cases were decided. Experts say the department’s system "isn’t even basement standard practice” and needs oversight.
Obama privately indicated leading ‘Stop-Bernie Campaign’
According to Politico, the Democratic establishment is counting on Obama to stop Trump and, perhaps, stave off Bernie as well.
This is not a drill. Fascism is on the ballot. But …
Rather than being for personal absolution, voting is a tool in the political toolbox—if the goal is to avert the worst and improve the chances for constructing a future worthy of humanity.
Joe Arpaio promoted his GOP Senate candidacy with a publication that denies the Holocaust
The anti-immigrant Joe Arpaio has a long history of racist and corrupt actions.
Another company exits Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; cancels oil and gas lease
This leaves the state agency, Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, as the only remaining lease holder in the refuge.
Millions of Americans crowdfunding to cover medical expenses
“It comes down to a profit-making motive that is baked into a system—a system that puts profits over patients.”
2020 Vision: Four Steps to Get There
The progressive vision for 2020 is focused on the needs of average working people, on the strength of society rather than on winner-take-all individualism, on the cooperative efforts of underpaid people who have been forced out of the middle class.