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.
Glyphosate Found in Urine of 93 percent of Americans Tested
Glyphosate-containing herbicides are sold under trademarks such as Monsanto’s Roundup.
A New Memorial Day Tradition — Burning The Confederate Flag
"Burn and bury" kits that allow people to print out their own Confederate flag at home, suitable for burning.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Takes High-School Detention To A New Level
Is "Operation Border Guardian" intended to create fear among those still in Central America who might consider taking the perilous journey north to the U.S.?
Monsanto Ordered to Pay $46.5 Million in PCB Lawsuit in Rare Win for Plaintiffs
Long Beach says it has “incurred substantial costs” cleaning up the chemicals and is seeking compensatory and punitive damages for public nuisance and costs of suit.
Head of Security at TSA Removed After Committing Numerous Mistakes
Kelly Hoggan received more than $90,000 in bonuses and awards while repeatedly failing security checks and allowing airplane passengers to miss their flights due to long wait times at airport security.
Vandana Shiva: Small Farmers Are Foundation to Food Security, Not Corporations Like Monsanto
Biodiversity and small farmers are the foundation of food security, not corporations like Monsanto which are destroying biodiversity and pushing farmers to suicide.
Officer Found Not Guilty in Freddie Gray Case
Still no justice for Freddie Gray: Officer Edward Nero was acquitted of all charges.
Nader: Still Fighting From the Grassroots Up
Longtime activist hosts a four-day conference, hoping to promote activism and substance in the conversation about issues and democracy.
Reform or Revolution
Rosa Luxemburg warned the left about becoming seduced by liberals who speak the language of reform but serve the interests of capitalism. And she understood that holding fast to revolutionary ideals was, especially in a moment of crisis, a moral imperative.









