Time is Money: Building Local Solidarity Through Time Banking
Time Banking is easy to understand in terms of the way we already work and, with a little enthusiasm, these programs are relatively uncomplicated to set up and manage.
Portland public schools first to put global climate justice in classroom
Students learn about the front lines of global warming and how to be climate activists.
Bernie Sanders Opposes New Round of Deportation Raids
By defending undocumented women and children from another round of deportation raids, Sanders continues to stand up for those who cannot defend themselves within our current system.
Our culture of violence is a result of Americans (so far) not having to...
Here’s something to grouse about.
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?
Nonviolence or nonexistence? The legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Reverend King posed the fundamental choice of our time: nonviolence or nonexistence. What is your choice?
DAPL Crackdown Continues With Rubber Bullets and Mace As Water Protectors Form New Front...
“We are disappointed to see that our state and congressional delegations have failed to ensure the safety and rights of the citizens engaged in peaceful protests.”
Insurance executives refused to pay for the cancer treatment that could have saved him....
A Michigan law requires coverage of cancer drugs. One insurer came up with a “defensible” way to avoid paying for treatments that offered Forrest VanPatten his last chance for survival. “We crossed the line,” says a former executive.
Prisons are not the answer to preventing crime
Rather than getting tough on crime, justice agencies need to get smart on crime.
BREAKING: Maryland Legislature Restores Voting Rights To 40,000 Ex-Offenders
The majority-Democratic legislature voted to override the Republican governor's veto.