Warren urges delay in confirmation vote for CFPB Director until release of Zero-Tolerance documents
“Kathy Kraninger helped implement a policy to punish innocent young children – that is a moral stain that will follow her for the rest of her life."
10 reasons Trump should not strengthen U.S.-Saudi ties
If the Trump administration truly wants to find a way out of the wars in the Middle East and make the United States safer from terrorists, it would do well to stop arming, aiding and abetting the ruthless Saudi regime.
American campuses erupt in protests over Gaza, drawing harsh police response and national outrage
As students across the U.S. demand university divestment and an end to military aid for Israel, aggressive crackdowns raise alarms about civil liberties.
How to beat the ‘fracking frenzy’—lessons from the campaign that ended fracking in Ireland
“We want to make the government listen to the community, who for over a decade now have been saying that fracking is not safe, not trusted, not wanted in the territory."
Mexico contemplates use of GMO corn in animal feed
Mexico is currently the biggest foreign market for U.S. GMO yellow corn.
Suicide is never painless—yet right-wing implosions bring positive changes
The dread now transcends democracy,/ But what survives kakistocracy?
How movements can succeed in the face of government repression
Rather than seeing and treating soldiers and police as the “enemy,” nonviolent movements should find creative ways to engage them and to draw many of them to the side of the movement.
American youth make fossil fuel industry confront climate science in federal court
Young Americans could use a down payment on the colossal climate mortgage hanging over their future.
Bipartisan political leaders pay tribute to Rep. John Lewis
Both Republican and Democratic leaders have joined together in paying homage to the late Rep. John Lewis.
Baltimore police commissioner faces federal charges
“There is no excuse for my failure to fulfill my obligations as a citizen and public official.”