How America can stop violence against health care workers
“The severity seems to keep going up. It doesn’t go down.”
Nuns protest Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline by building chapel on proposed route
The company has since filed an emergency court order to seize the nuns’ land and build the pipeline.
5 things the mainstream media missed about Charlottesville
We can’t ignore the long history of white supremacist violence – and anti-fascist organizing.
How suing the US government can empower the climate movement
A Q+A about the historical significance of the Juliana v. United States case and the challenges of climate activism in Alaska.
In possible hate crime, 3 Palestinian students shot in Vermont
"The surge in anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian sentiment we are experiencing is unprecedented, and this is another example of that hate turning violent," one advocate said.
Inside the grassroots plan to get fossil fuel money out of politics
To advocates who have been involved with both efforts, the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge represents the extension of divestment’s logic into the political sphere.
Ending Private Prisons at the Federal Level Marks a Major Movement Victory
The DOJ’s announcement is certainly not a knock-out blow for private prison firms. But it's a start.
No nukes for power, posturing or destruction
“In a world rife with geopolitical tensions and mistrust, this is a recipe for annihilation."
Congressman’s wife pleads guilty to misusing campaign funds
Margaret Hunter recently pleaded guilty in federal court to her and her husband using their campaign funds as their private bank account for years.
Republicans responsible for voter suppression in 2016
With a Republican majority currently held in all three branches, there will most likely be a lot more barriers and restrictions in the times ahead.