Woman Pleads Guilty to Torturing and Enslaving Disabled People
Linda Weston pled guilty on Wednesday for stealing over $200,000 in Social Security benefits from disabled people. She and her co-conspirators held disabled adults and their children captive for roughly a decade.
3.2 million kids could be thrown off ‘childcare cliff’ in September—unless Congress acts
"Congress must take action to tackle the childcare crisis now."
Free after 993 Days: Environmental lawyer Steven Donziger on leaving house arrest & his...
“I didn’t really understand freedom until it was taken away.”
BREAKING: Dakota Access Pipeline nearly completed
Will Energy Transfer Partners obey the Department of Justice and Army Corps of Engineers orders?
Chomsky: Arrest of Assange is ‘scandalous’ and highlights shocking extraterritorial reach of US
Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman spoke to Noam Chomsky about Assange's arrest, WikiLeaks and American power.
Empires are a secret until they start falling
As the US loses its position of global supremacy, we have an opportunity to fundamentally reshape what we as a nation represent.
How anti-Vietnam War activists stopped violent protest from hijacking their movement
The movement must keep its focus on the issues. We must not allow ourselves to get distracted.
Trump ignores anniversary of Sandy Hook, parties with NRA head instead
President Trump invited National Rifle Association head, Wayne LaPierre, to the White House Christmas Party on the same day as the anniversary of the mass shooting.
Support the #MeToo movement and stand up to sexual harassment
We cannot allow victims to believe they are alone. We must stand up to sexual harassment.
How black & indigenous groups won the fight to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Communities that would have suffered “irreparable harm” from the pipeline “now have that cloud lifted from them.”