Contradictions negate Lady Liberty’s message
Today’s anti-immigration anger is revoking the generous promises we identify with Lady Liberty.
9,442 citizen-reported fracking complaints reveal 12-Years of suppressed data
The volume of citizen complaints is alarming.
The progressive movement just scored a huge win in Philly’s DA race
Larry Krasner’s victory was a referendum on Trump as well as on a whole host of issues that predate the president: immigrant rights, the war on drugs and mass incarceration.
Capital Punishment? A Dead Policy Walking
Anthony Ray Hinton spent 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, even though there were no eyewitnesses, nor fingerprints. Was he a victim of bias and racism?
“River of Fire”: In new memoir, Sister Helen Prejean reflects on decades of fighting...
The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to resume the death penalty after a more than 15-year moratorium. This week Attorney...
How Breaking Government Hurts Children
Lack of investment in government services hurts children, both in terms of the direct harm of toxic water sources and the long-term less direct injury caused by attending schools that are physically falling apart.
Court ruling against ABC highlights the enormous deficiency in laws protecting journalists’ sources
The enormity of this deficiency in the law is immediately obvious.
The Disintegrated Mind: The Greatest Threat to Human Survival on Earth
Like many people who have struggled to understand why human beings are driving the sixth mass extinction event in Earth’s history, which...
Coward cop identified after ignoring racist assaulting woman on video
“Today a video surfaced of an undignified event in which a Puerto Rican woman was brutally harassed by a bigot while an officer did not interfere. I am appalled, shocked & disturbed by the officer’s behavior.”
Gimme shelter too!!
The real crime is that the rents are much higher than if the renter was able to afford a down payment and pay a lower price for a mortgage on the same property!