State Cutbacks, Recalcitrance Hinder Clean Air Act Enforcement
Federal law that underpins Obama’s Clean Power Plan is unevenly enforced by states with shrinking staffs, polluter-friendly policies.
20 million Muslims march against ISIS and the mainstream media completely ignores it
The way to truly defeat ISIS is by rendering their fear and divisive tactics impotent.
Amazon, Starbucks and the sparking of a new American union movement
Media interest in the campaigns at Starbucks and Amazon suggests the American public may finally be paying attention.
‘We’re feeding the kids’: Minnesota House passes universal school meals bill
"We give every kid in our school a desk. There are lots of kids out there that can afford to buy a desk, but they get a desk because they go to school," said the Democratic author of the bill, pushing back against GOP means-testing canards.
Videotaping A Crime Is Not A Crime
Videotaping a crime is not a crime. It's a public service. Police harassment of citizens who provide video evidence of police brutality has to stop.
‘Stop interfering’: Ethiopia’s opportunity after the election
The level of condescension and interference displayed by the U.S. and others has angered many Ethiopians.
This graph shows where surging corporate profits increasingly go: Tax havens
The global corporate minimum tax would ensure all companies worldwide pay a minimum tax of 15% and would require higher taxes of large companies in countries where they have customers.
BREAKING: Justice Department Breaks Ties with Private Prisons
The Department of Justice will phase out their use of private prisons altogether, dealing a significant blow to several private-prison corporations.
Floridians are suing a cop fired for planting drugs in their vehicles
Thanks to the diligence of one assistant state attorney, 119 cases were thrown out and the officer is under state investigation.
Time to trash the terrorist watch list, a police-state Frankenstein gone off the rails
Any political blacklist that has a million names of “suspected terrorists” is a caricature of a police state run amok.