Empowering the people: More, not less democracy is the answer
We should always worry when elites begin to tell us that there’s too much democracy.
The FBI questioned a black man about racist extremists in Charlottesville – now he...
Donald Blakney is the third counter-protester to be arrested and charged for events connected to the rally. All three of these individuals are black, and all three were attacked at the rally.
Tennessee Republicans move to expel 3 Democratic lawmakers for supporting student-led gun protests
“This is authoritarianism,” Tennessee state Representative Justin Jones says of attempts to remove him. “This is an assault on our democracy."
5 Officers Killed During Dallas Protests Against Police
The protests themselves were generally peaceful, with people gathered to march in solidarity with the recent victims of police violence, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
3 key insights for building a powerful and loving movement against oppression in Palestine-Israel
In a destabilizing moment like this, we need time-tested strategies and tactics that can help guide effective action.
Over 200 groups demand no water privatization in any infrastructure deal
“Water privatization has failed communities across the country and must be rejected in all its forms.”
Everything We Know So Far About The Victims Of The Dallas Shooting
One was a newlywed. Another was a father of a 2-year-old.
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."
Democrats remain the bulwark against losing what freedoms remain—like it or not!
If not Democrats, flawed or not, then who defies the menace of reaction, advances America, and even confronts climate change with serious, systemic reforms?
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.