Seattle will ban plastic straws and utensils at restaurants next year
The exemption that allowed restaurants to dispense plastics is set to expire and will not be renewed.
Lift the Supreme Court’s veil of secrecy
These nine individuals make decisions that affect every American. Why should they get to do it secretly?
Obama Administration Urged to Halt Dumping of Offshore Fracking Waste Into Gulf of Mexico
"The proposed permit violates the Clean Water Act because it causes an undue degradation of the marine environment."
Police violence and racism have always been tools of capitalism
When the historical and current practices of police are examined, it is evident police have been designed to uphold the status quo including racial injustice and class inequality.
Organizers plan massive Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ protests as Trump escalates attacks on dissent
Organizers say more than 2,110 protests across all 50 states will build on June’s nationwide actions, as Trump expands National Guard deployments, ICE raids, and rhetoric about cities as “training grounds.”
Clinton And Sanders Call Out America’s Racist Criminal Justice System
"There needs to be a concerted effort to address the systemic racism in our criminal justice system."
This right-wing U.S. Supreme Court is the new King George III
Our most fundamental rights are being trampled by a tyrannical, unaccountable, and unelected force.
From The Ashes Of Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Rises An Army Of Candidates
Meet the young progressives who have vowed to take Sanders' political revolution local.
Bernie Sanders’ plan to end corporate greed
As Sen. Bernie Sanders returns to the campaign trial, he starts off by unveiling a new proposal that would both roll back...
Where free speech ends, ignorance begins
Recent attempts to quash the right to speak reflect a fever of know-nothing intolerance afflicting the nation.