Saturday, November 7, 2026

50 years later, end the War on Drugs

Nixon’s War on Drugs turned out to be a war on people. President Biden should end it once and for all.

Civil Rights: From Sundance, to Selma, to South Carolina

In 1915 one of the most nakedly racist films was screened in the White House. One hundred years later a very different film, directed by an African-American woman, was screened there. Change happens, slowly, but it happens. Could the birth of a new nation be at hand?

VIDEO: 'This Flag Comes Down Today:' Bree Newsome Scales SC Capitol Flagpole to Remove...

Bree Newsome, a 30-year-old African-American woman, scaled the 30-foot flagpole outside the South Carolina State Capitol and unhooked the Confederate flag. While she was arrested, her actions went viral.

Stop making excuses for hateful white men

Racism – not mental illness – was behind the killings on the Portland train. Let’s call it what it is so we can deal with it.

There are good policing rules – why won’t officers use them with people of...

“The good stuff never applies to people of color, ever.”

Americans must demand a credible investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing

If our tax dollars are furnishing the weapons that kill journalists and other innocents, that’s not just an international crime — it’s against U.S. law, too.

Emails Reveal Martin Shkreli Raised Drug Prices Purely For Profit

"These new documents provide a rare, inside look at the motivations and tactics of drug company executives."

Before the NFL took a knee: 4 lesser-known moments of resistance in sports history

This isn’t the first time the world of professional sports has entered the fight for civil rights and racial justice.

Students Mobilized In Seattle To Win Free Bus Passes, But Fight Still Continues

The fight is not finished. The Seattle Public Schools district didn’t take time to fully hear out the students about their proposed plan.

Montreal Makes Plans To Ban All Plastic Water Bottles

Montreal announces plan to ban all water bottles, corporations announce plan to fight the ban.