Saturday, July 11, 2026

Missouri sheriff agrees to resign after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft

“Sheriff Hutcheson simply misused an important law enforcement tool for his own purposes."

Starbucks ignores worker demands at its peril

Baristas have launched the largest strike in their company’s history and are standing firm until their demands are met.

DOJ Report Criticizes Philadelphia Police Department’s Use of Deadly Force

The Philadelphia police commissioner hired the Justice Department in 2013 to investigate the rising incidents of officer-involved shootings. What the DOJ found was a history of misconduct and scandals, backing up the public's mistrust of the department.

Arrested in rocking chairs, grandparents protest Chase and pressure Biden on climate

Tired from trekking 170 miles from Biden’s birthplace to his hometown, a dozen of us grandparents decided to take a stand for climate justice by sitting down.

The Labor Day dreams of black workers

Leading Black labor organizers and policy advocates share their visions for advancing racial equity in the Covid recovery — and beyond.

Pruitt flings open EPA doors to anti-science conservative ideologues

Pruitt refused to recuse himself from eight ongoing lawsuits against the EPA that he helped file as Oklahoma’s top prosecutor.

Hillary Clinton ‘Dropped Climate Change from Speeches after Bernie Sanders Endorsement’

This is concerning for climate and environment activists as the other candidate in this election, Donald Trump, refuses to acknowledge climate change as real at all.

South Carolina cops on leave after arrest video goes viral

“There is no reason for the level of force we saw on that video yesterday. There’s no reason for that.”

The Cannon Ball Saga, An Epic Story From The American Heartland

As they have been for millennia, the tribe's actions today must be based on the common good of their grandchildren and their grandchildren—generations into the future.

Six lessons the remorseless siege against procreative rights can teach the left

Secular democracy, as in majority rule, is just as threatened by religious fanaticism as it is by looming dictatorship.