3 ways to tell if your local politician is serious about climate change
At this point we need more than nice rhetoric, more than empty pledges to "live up to the Paris accords."
Now’s the time for Medicare for all
It's either expensive health care for the few, or affordable health care for the many.
Leaked documents show Jerry Brown giving big oil a seat in drafting climate policy
The California governor is selling himself as a climate advocate on the global stage, but behind the scenes, the fossil fuel industry appears to have his ear.
There are good policing rules – why won’t officers use them with people of...
“The good stuff never applies to people of color, ever.”
Medicare for all: It’s a matter of life and death
Just 17 percent of people support the current Senate health care bill.
The Supreme Court’s ‘Muslim ban’ decision is terrifying
If the war on terror has taught us one thing, it's that harsh laws targeting non-citizens will eventually be extended to citizens, too.
VICTORY: Ireland bans fracking
Ireland joins France, Germany and Bulgaria in banning fracking onshore.
Facebook’s secret censorship rules protect white men from hate speech but not black children
A trove of internal documents sheds light on the algorithms that Facebook’s censors use to differentiate between hate speech and legitimate political expression.
EPA chief met with Dow Chemical CEO before deciding not to ban toxic pesticide
This is just the latest in a long list of examples of the Trump administration working with corporate polluters before reversing public safeguards
Contractor hired by Virginia DEQ to review Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline works for Dominion
This is not the first time potential conflicts of interest have arisen in the government’s review of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.