The great land robbery: How federal policies dispossessed black Americans of millions of acres
This mass land dispossession is part of the pattern of institutional racism and discrimination that has contributed to the racial wealth gap in the United States.
Alicia Silverstone poses nude for PETA and animal rights
Although PETA’s protest techniques are a bit unorthodox, they successfully continue to raise awareness against animal cruelty and rampant abuse.
BREAKING: President Obama commutes Chelsea Manning’s sentence
The commutation was part of Obama’s Tuesday announcement of 209 commutations and 64 pardons.
Ireland votes to become the world’s first country to divest from fossil fuels
“To have a fighting chance to combat catastrophic climate change, we must phase out fossil fuels.”
Victory: Maryland House passes bill to ban fracking
Maryland is leading the way in the movement to ban fracking.
House Science Committee leader says climate scientists are trying to control people’s lives
Rep. Smith has repeatedly turned the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee – and its Twitter account – into a platform for climate science denial.
Video reveals police officers beating unarmed teen
Last week, two of the officers were fired from the department after police officials reviewed the body cam videos.
Why the U.S. must bolster retraining for workers harmed by unfair trade
Relative to the size of its economy, the United States spends far less on worker training programs than many other industrial countries.
How to prevent crime without relying on police
We must—going to the root again—deal fully with the front end of crime as a societal, and mostly preventable, malaise.
Ethiopia: TPLF terrorism expands, civilians massacred
The conflict in Ethiopia is getting predictably more brutal. Distressing.