Friday, April 19, 2024

Hurricane Costs Expected to Skyrocket Due to Climate Change

“Climate change is real, it is caused by human activity and it is already causing devastating harm. Extreme weather disasters like hurricanes will devastate communities and cost the American taxpayers billions of dollars.”

Chile Producing So Much Solar Energy It’s Giving Electricity Away for Free

With so much clean power available, the price of solar has cost absolutely nothing for certain regions in recent months.

Ex-Cop Arrested After Killing Church Drummer and Making False Statements

On Wednesday, prosecutors charged Raja with manslaughter and first-degree attempted murder.

Former Detectives Plead Guilty to Corruption Charges

Mara recently confessed that he “tarnished the badge” and apologized to the city of Bakersfield for his deplorable actions under the color of authority.

NRA Tells Parents To Keep Guns In Kids’ Rooms For Safety

265 people were accidentally shot and killed by kids last year.

Preparing for the Next Memorial Day

In the aftermath of the Memorial Day military parades and with a new administration looming on the horizon, a critical task for the coming year is to build a renewed, more vibrant, interracial, and multi-generational peace movement that will pressure the next administration.

Fight for $15 Organizers Demand a Union

The Fight for $15 is one of the most important labor struggles of our time, breathing new life into the labor movement with every victory.

Lock Up the Men, Evict the Women and Children

Part of the daily reality of poverty in America, evictions—along with mass incarceration—are the mechanisms used to destroy communities and profit from the misery of the poor.

Climate Justice from the Ground Up: 6 Ballot Initiatives to Watch in 2016

These measures are noteworthy because they don’t just regulate emissions or mandate transitions. They actually do things like help the economically insecure, create material incentives for individual change, restore ecosystems, and reassert the authority of local entities over corporate polluters.

Glyphosate Found in Urine of 93 percent of Americans Tested

Glyphosate-containing herbicides are sold under trademarks such as Monsanto’s Roundup.