Chicago cop under investigation after body-slamming man on video
“While a single video does not depict the entirety of the interactions between the police and the individual, this particular video is very disturbing.”
Newborn dies after being born to homeless mother in freezing cold temperatures
The baby's death highlights the tragic lives of Portland’s mentally ill homeless and the current shortage of affordable housing.
Police violence and racism have always been tools of capitalism
When the historical and current practices of police are examined, it is evident police have been designed to uphold the status quo including racial injustice and class inequality.
Why the people who grow your food are worried about Scott Pruitt
Pruitt’s approach to the EPA is likely to threaten farmworkers, who are highly exposed to the effects of climate change, including heat stress and increased pesticide use.
Not your grandma’s civil rights strategy
Whose streets? (Then and now)
Major new study shows pesticide risk to honey bees
Scientists are calling for a complete ban on neonics, but will governments listen?
‘We will not be intimidated’: Organizers announce Women’s March against NRA
In response to hostile videos by gun lobby group, progressive activists announce march in nation's capitol for next week.
Vladimir Putin: Global gunman
Why are we concerned about humiliating mass murderers?
Eugene Debs and the kingdom of evil
"If there be anything sadder than a body perishing for want of bread, it is a mind dying of hunger for lack of light.”
‘We don’t have to live this way’: St. Louis school gunman armed with AR-15,...
"Republicans will tell you the solution is some more guns. On November 8, you need to tell them they're full of shit."