Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Climate Change and the 1,000-Year Flood in Baton Rouge: When Will We Learn?

There is growing grass-roots activism directly confronting the extraction and transport of fossil fuels in addition to raising awareness of climate change.

Creating Change: Lessons From a Private-Prison Victory

This an opportunity to renew our understanding of the social compact. It allows us to emphasize the value of communitarian idealism over individualistic greed.

Why Can’t Our Economy Promote Equality and Shared Prosperity?

"If you're not at the table, you're on the menu." The "Take On Wall Street" campaign intends to put you and me — the People — at the table for a change.

Humanitarian Imperialism? All but Forgotten, South Sudan Unravels

A South Sudan that can’t guarantee basic rights to its citizens isn’t worthy of celebration, let alone international recognition.

3 Reasons the Standing Rock Sioux Can Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline

For starters, this protest is about a competing idea for the future of the planet—and waves of people will show up to make that point.

Illegal Herbicide Use on GMO Crops Causing Massive Damage to Fruit, Vegetable and Soybean...

One of the worst parts of this whole debacle is that farmers—by being forced to grow dicamba resistant GMO soybeans—are losing the choice of what they can grow.

Democracy in America Is a Useful Fiction

The civic, patriotic and political language we use to describe ourselves remains unchanged. But the America we celebrate is an illusion.

The Explosive New Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Bill O’Reilly, Detailed

After complaining, a former Fox News host was banned from his show.

Congress Must Take Action to Block Weapon Sales to Saudi Arabia

Congress has thirty days to block the sale of these weapons. It is a moral imperative that they do so.

Newly Released Video Shows LAPD Cop Beating Handcuffed Man Unconscious

Garcia pleaded no contest in exchange for serving 300 hours of community service instead of a jail sentence.