Police Shoot Autistic Man’s Therapist on Ground With Hands Up
Kinsey asked officers “Why did you shoot me?” to which one of them responded “I don’t know.”
Chicago promoted two police officers after investigators found they engaged in sexual misconduct
The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.
Standing Rock braces for eviction: Will you keep fighting with us?
Our people will continue to resist in and beyond this moment, as this is but one front in the wars being waged against us.
Drowning the world in oil
Trump’s carbon-obsessed energy policy and the planetary nightmare to come.
Water is life: The story of Standing Rock won’t go away
The Dakota Access pipeline is set and oil will flow. But this is not the only fight about water, and Standing Rock is only one chapter somewhere in the middle of a long story.
How Chicago became the first city to make reparations to victims of police violence
The ordinance provides a meaningful model for creating reparations at the local level.
Why this isn’t the time for a public option or Medicare for some
What is the real purpose of a public option or lowering the age of Medicare when neither is an effective nor a lasting solution?
Junk raft: A journey through a polluted ocean
What better way to understand the dangers of plastic pollution than by traveling on a ship made out of garbage?
Under pressure to act, Biden to sign executive order on abortion access
The president's order excludes certain actions that progressives have demanded, such as authorizing the use of federal lands to set up abortion clinics in Republican-led states.
Norway Becomes the First Country to Ban Deforestation
In addition to pledging to stop deforestation, Norway is also responsible for funding several environmental projects worldwide.