Undocumented immigrants pay higher tax rates than top 1% in most states: A closer...
New study reveals that undocumented immigrants pay nearly $100 billion in taxes annually, contributing more to state and local revenues than the wealthiest Americans in most states, while being excluded from the social programs they help fund.
Key Assange witness recants—with zero corporate media coverage
Sigurdur Ingi Thordarson admitted that his entire testimony is false, a revelation that could be the death knell for U.S. attempts to prosecute the Wikileaks founder.
Bank backing pipeline launches own investigation into treatment of Standing Rock Sioux
$460 million in credit is at stake for the Dakota Access and Bakken pipeline as Norway’s largest bank announces its own “fact-based” evaluation of indigenous rights abuses.
Supreme Court to weigh same-sex marriage challenge from former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis
At a Nov. 7 conference, justices will decide whether to revisit the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ruling that legalized marriage equality nationwide.
New EPA climate change website doesn’t mention ‘climate change’
"It is beyond comprehension that EPA would ever purposely limit and remove access to information that communities need to save lives and property."
MIT professor placed on leave for secretly accepting money from Jeffrey Epstein
“The actions of a senior faculty member have raised new concerns. In keeping with MIT practice on faculty discipline, I have asked his department head to consider any appropriate action."
March for Science: NationofChange marches with thousands in Earth Day protests
The momentum to bring back respect for science has started.
19-Year-Old Male Spared Prison Time After Sexually Assaulting 2-Year-Old
In what world is it possible for a man to not receive jail time for sexually assaulting a toddler?
States are hoarding $5.2 billion in welfare funds even as the need for aid...
Twenty-five years later, however, states are using this freedom to do nothing at all with large sums of the money.
Why the voting rights struggle is a tipping point for American democracy
E.J. Jenkins vividly recalls the day his mom worked a voter registration drive at a grocery store in Gary, Indiana, and followed...