Florida wants to make ex-felons pay to vote
"They cannot legally affix a price tag to someone's right to vote."
This fourth of July, we need to talk about family separation
My family – like many of yours – is preparing for a holiday weekend spent celebrating our nation’s birthday with friends. I’m...
Prosecutors move forward with retrial of aid worker who provided water to migrants
"The US government is disgracing itself by threatening and even prosecuting its own citizens for their vital work to save the lives of people in a desperate situation at the border.”
Democrats, this isn’t politics as usual
Imagine an opposition political party in a land being taken over by an oligarchy, headed by a would-be tyrant.
Unfair food pricing is killing family farms and regenerative farming
In February, a dairy farmer friend sent me a note confiding that a few farmers she knows are living on cereal until...
Should we abolish billionaires?
America now has more billionaires than at any time in history, while most Americans are struggling to make ends meet. With such...
Hawaii bans herbicides on school grounds
“Why I’m here today is to keep this story going and to keep the word out there about the product that I used and about how unsafe it can be for people and especially kids.”
“We won’t stop fighting”: Groups file new lawsuit to fight Keystone XL
“The Trump administration has proven to be just as reckless with our Constitutional separation of powers as this dangerous Keystone XL pipeline is to the safety of our water and climate.”
Victory for activists as DNC considers hosting a climate-specific debate
Youth and climate activists had relentlessly expressed their desire for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to host a climate change presidential debate....
‘Blatant disregard of international laws and treaties’: Japan resumes commercial whaling
"We see the resumption of Japan's commercial whaling as merely a continuation of the Japanese Government's blatant disregard of international laws and treaties."