Former police officer sentenced to 25 years for killing stranded motorist
Convicted of manslaughter while armed with a firearm and attempted first-degree murder, Raja was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison.
New GOP bills would hand richest 1% over $28 billion in tax cuts next...
The poorest fifth, meanwhile, would get just $1.4 billion in tax cuts under the Republican legislation, according to a new analysis.
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.
HAPPENING TODAY: Youth climate leaders to flood congressional offices to demand Green New Deal
The movement calls for the creation of "climate plan in line with what science and justice demand."
With Alabama ruling, SCOTUS delivers ‘another major blow’ to Voting Rights Act
"We must end the filibuster so the Senate can pass voting rights protections," declares the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Where free speech ends, ignorance begins
Recent attempts to quash the right to speak reflect a fever of know-nothing intolerance afflicting the nation.
US militarism’s toxic impact on climate policy
That will require the United States to seriously reduce the military budget and commit to peaceful, practical diplomacy with China and Russia.
‘Alarming’: nearly 1/3 in US worry about violence, intimidation at polls
"The fear people are experiencing—especially Black people, Hispanic people, and young people—is a form of voter suppression that needs to be addressed before the election," said one expert.
How leaders in the Department of Labor are fighting for workers’ rights
“We have an opportunity right now to buy American and build America like never before.”
Protesters take net neutrality issue to FCC chair’s home
Pai needs to be personally protested because he comes to the FCC with a personal agenda.









