As nationwide protests over police brutality continue, cities across the US cut and reallocate...
"Policing doesn't work ... Yet we keep supporting a system that is clearly broken."
House of Representatives approves making animal cruelty a federal offense
Under the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, a violator could face up to seven years in prison.
‘Time to make them pay’: Internal docs further expose Exxon efforts to spread climate...
"As communities pay an ever-greater price for our worsening climate crisis, it's more clear than ever that Exxon must be held accountable to pay for the harm it has caused."
Supreme Court strikes down President Biden’s plan to erase billions in student debt
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court claimed that the Biden administration's plan lacked authority and overstepped the powers of the Education Department and instead needed to go through Congress.
This South Pacific island is home to 38 million pieces of plastic waste
13,000 new items are washing up on the island daily.
“The time is now”: Tens of thousands in NYC march for justice, peace &...
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets nationwide and around the world to call for police accountability and demand Black lives matter in the wake of the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arber.
Monsanto faces demands from Vietnam to pay compensation to the victims of Agent Orange
"Vietnam has suffered tremendous consequences from the war, especially with regard to the lasting and devastating effects of toxic chemicals, including Agent Orange.”
I couldn’t go to Standing Rock, so I closed my bank accounts instead
There are 38 banks supporting the Dakota Access pipeline. I found out mine was one of them.
Florida’s Voting Rights Restoration Initiative could restore rights for a million voters
Hopefully, come November 2018, Florida will put an end to mass disenfranchisement and will restore voting rights to the thousands of citizens who have earned their right to vote.
Steward Health Care CEO refuses Senate subpoena after profiting off hospitals drowning in $9...
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), chaired by Sanders, is investigating Steward’s bankruptcy, which has left over 30 hospitals in crisis, saddled with $9 billion in debt.