Monday, July 14, 2025

After protests, Republicans pull bill that would privatize public lands

Unfortunately we can’t take a lot of time to celebrate the victory, as Rep. Chaffetz has other plans for legislation that affects public lands.

A ‘historic day’ as federal judge orders shutdown and removal of Dakota Access Pipeline

This is the first time a federal judge has closed an operating pipeline for environmental reasons.

I’m with Susan Sarandon

“My greatest wish is two-fold: that Trump (and Pence) will no longer be in office after January 2021, and that by the end of 2021 there will be a large and united progress party, ready to run candidates in 2022 and thereafter.”

Gutting climate protections won’t bring back coal jobs

Trump is using sympathetic out-of-work miners as a cover for what is really just a handout to dirty industry.

Congress can’t do much about fixing local police – but it can tie strings...

Just past the first anniversary of George Floyd’s killing, people are looking to the federal government to address this issue of national importance.

Hair-Raising Hypocrisy

The long saga of Isis Brantley, a hair stylist from Texas, who was arrested for braiding hair without a barber’s license, has come to an end nearly 20 years later. A court has ruled that the state’s actions were unconstitutional—and shameful, abusive and silly.

DOJ must permanently bar insurrectionists from public office: Ethics group

"The DOJ must take action to stop, by all means available under the law, those who broke their oath to support our Constitution from being entrusted with public office again."
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Dashcam video released showing officer fatally shooting unarmed man

Cassandra Dollard was arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter. She was also terminated from the Hemingway Police Department.

National Liberal Groups to Push ‘Record’ Number of 2016 Ballot Measures

This year, national liberal groups are pushing ballot measures to tackle issues, such as gun control, marijuana legalization and increasing the minimum wage, that prove popular in polls but that politicians have generally avoided.

A New Bill of Rights for Workers: 10 demands the labor movement can fight...

It is time for unions to return to demanding workers’ rights without apology.