Landmark victory: Johnson & Johnson forced to pay $572 million for their role in...
"The opioid crisis is an imminent danger and menace to Oklahomans."
Houston police kill pedestrian during vehicle pursuit
“We are not going to treat this case any different because it involves officers. It involves a human being who lost his life. So we’re going to be looking at it through that lens.”
Dr. Robert Bullard: Houston’s “unrestrained capitalism” made Harvey “catastrophe waiting to happen”
While the National Hurricane Center is now calling Harvey the biggest rainstorm on record, scientists have been predicting for years that climate change would result in massive storms like Harvey.
Bernie Sanders Visits the Neighborhood Where Freddie Gray was Murdered
Senator Sanders likened what he saw in the impoverished area to a Third World country: “Anyone who took the walk that we took around this neighborhood would not think you are in a wealthy nation."
What’s next, a war between the police and the people, the birth of a...
All those taking part in these efforts need to incorporate the ideas of the best and brightest Americans to help in making all this work.
Searching for peace in a troubled world
It sounds like a platitude, but it’s the simple and urgent truth: we must learn to live peacefully together.
Exclusive: Ex-Harvey Weinstein employee breaks silence on her memo that helped take down movie...
Lauren O’Connor was a literary scout at the Weinstein Company who worked closely with Weinstein. In 2015, she penned an internal memo about her boss that would later become famous.
Why is a dump for Hurricane Harvey debris next to an African American community?
“It is appalling what is going on in that community."
Human rights in 2018 – ten issues that made headlines
Here we highlight some of the rights challenges that captured the world’s attention this year, illustrating the struggle to secure human rights is far from over.
Bill Cosby guilty of sexual assault charges
Accused of sexually assaulting at least 50 women during his decades-long career, the jury in his retrial found him guilty Thursday of three counts of aggravated indecent assault.









