Can you bankrupt white supremacy? Jury holds Charlottesville organizers liable for $26m in damages
It’s inevitably a one-sided trial when “the McMichaels are the only ones [surviving] that get to claim they’re scared.”
Across the Middle East, the BDS movement is thriving
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, or BDS, has gained momentum, encouraging individuals to use their purchasing power as an effective tool for change.
NYC’s Riders Alliance has a vision for a better, safer subway with less policing
A Q&A on how the alliance is organizing riders for new community investments and how they’re pushing back against regressive narratives about public safety in the city and state.
4 myths about raising the minimum wage
We’re the richest country in the world, home to the richest people on the planet. We can, and we must, treat our workers with the dignity and respect they deserve.
Trumpism didn’t just lose – progressives won
It wasn’t just Democrats who won this election, but progressives who didn’t shirk the label.
Opinion: First thoughts on Trump-era science
Stanford researchers Paul and Anne Ehrlich offer suggestions on coping in a world where science suddenly feels devalued.
Former correctional sergeant sentenced to prison for assaulting inmates
"Corrections officers are expected to safeguard the civil rights of prisoners. These officers ignored their duties and must be held to account for their actions.”
Trump advisors plan to privatize native lands to tap into oil rich reservations
The incoming president has picked climate change deniers and pro-fossil fuel bigwigs for cabinet positions.
Major new study shows pesticide risk to honey bees
Scientists are calling for a complete ban on neonics, but will governments listen?
Republican’s treacherous health care plan: betrayal of the American people
What kind of human beings would do this to their fellow human beings?