New book argues mandatory voting will fulfill America’s promise of democracy
Miles Rapoport and E.J. Dionne say a healthier political culture and more representative government will result when all eligible citizens vote.
Mayor resigns and pleads guilty to corruption charges
As the target of a multi-year undercover investigation headed by the FBI, Scranton Mayor William Courtright resigned from office on Monday and...
3 Men Arrested for Plotting Bomb Attack on Muslim Immigrants in Kansas
“These charges are based on eight months of investigation by the FBI that is alleged to have taken the investigators deep into a hidden culture of hatred and violence.”
‘This is unacceptable’: As many as 20 reported dead, dozens wounded in Maine mass...
Between 15 and 22 people were killed and scores wounded Wednesday night in the city of Lewiston, Maine.
Would Dr. King take a knee? 6 ways his radical spirit lives today
Dr. King’s spirit lives on in the new Poor People’s Campaign, and in every place radicals gather to change the world.
Grocery chains are passing Trump tariff costs on to US consumers with higher prices:...
The price of food has increased by 3 percent in the past year, with meats, poultry, fish, and eggs getting 5.6 percent more expensive from June 2024 to June 2025.
USDA to distribute $2.2 billion in funding to Black farmers who experienced discrimination
The Biden administration announced it will distribute $2.2 billion in financial assistance to 43,000 farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who were discriminated against in the agency's farm lending programs.
Portland public schools first to put global climate justice in classroom
Students learn about the front lines of global warming and how to be climate activists.
Women in the Changing World of Work – Planet 50-50 by 2030: What does...
Navigating the progression of gender equality to a sustainable future demands a change to institutional language.
A First Lady in a New York Cell
One year later, Cilia Flores, the wife of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, languishes in a cell in New York City, having been dragged out of her room and kidnapped by U.S. forces on the Jan. 3 attack on Venezuela.