A new youth-led lawsuit is challenging Trump’s fossil fuel orders
In Lightiser v. Trump, 22 young people are using the protections of the Constitution to demand a livable future.
UN rights chief says Trump’s boat strikes are illegal as death toll reaches 61
UN human rights officials, independent experts, and rights groups say U.S. airstrikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific violate international human rights law, amount to extrajudicial killings, and may constitute a crime against humanity.
NYPD officer stripped of gun and badge after driving into Jamaica Bay
According to police sources, the officer was disciplined for associating with a known felon, not for driving the vehicle into the water.
Former police officer charged with murder after using chokehold on video
Initially charged with manslaughter and fired from the police department, the officer was recently hit with a murder charge after a new prosecutor reviewed the case.
Chris Hedges and Albert Raboteau on ‘American Prophets’ importance in an age of radical...
Watch the two thinkers talk about Raboteau’s book, which discusses the work of religious figures such as Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cuomo denies permit for Northern Access pipeline
We commend Gov. Cuomo and Commissioner Seggos’ decision to stop this pipeline from moving forward.
The poor at the crossroads
The first and worst hit by pandemics of every sort.
Portland to Be Home to World’s First Vegan Supermarket Chain
Veganz is the world's first all-vegan supermarket chain. By the end of 2016 they will have 14 stores open around the world.
How Sandra Bland’s Tragic Death Inspired America’s Newest Congressional Caucus
The Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls will push elected officials to prioritize the demographic’s needs.
We must be relentless in humanizing Palestinians
The human cost of conflict: reckoning with the dehumanization in the Israeli-Palestinian struggle.









