Debt forgiveness in the Bronze Age
Whether in the realms of trade or agriculture, the operative principle was that debtors should not lose their economic liberty by being held liable for “acts of God.”
Supreme silence: High court decision curtails protest rights, stifling voices in the South
As the case now returns to lower courts for further proceedings, the national discourse on the limits of free speech and the right to protest continues to evolve.
No Need to Build The Donald’s Wall, It’s Built
Donald Trump’s United States doesn’t await his presidency. It’s already laid out before us, and one place it’s happening every single day is in Tucson.
Abortion is a fundamental human rights issue
It is a women’s rights issue—among the right to vote, the right to free movement, and the right to live free of violence.
Landlords evicted Maui residents and housed wildfire survivors for more money. FEMA didn’t take...
When the agency inked contracts with private companies to identify homes they could rent for survivors, it didn’t prohibit them from signing up properties that had been occupied by long-term residents.
Greta Thunberg and 11 other volunteers set out on mercy mission to Gaza
A crowd of supporters gathered at the port with Palestinian flags to encourage the 12-person crew. The mission is sponsored by the Freedom Flotilla organization.
VIDEO: Report from Standing Rock
100+ Militarized Police Deployed Against Native American Water Protectors.
I spent 16 months in solitary confinement and now I’m fighting to end it
"The need for reform is urgent. Because putting people in dehumanizing situations pushes them to do dehumanizing things."
ExxonMobil’s climate fraud case finally goes to trial
“This will only be the second climate-change case ever to go to trial in the United States.”
Obama should have repealed the 1917 Espionage Act in addition to commuting Manning’s sentence
Obama and Holder have bequeathed yet another tool of authoritarianism to the incoming Trumpian troglodytes.