Friday, April 19, 2024

Meet the Organizers Planning the Biggest Sit-In in a Generation

If Congress hasn't taken action to help get money out of politics by April 10, 3,000 people have pledged to risk arrest in a week-long series of sit-ins.

Making America hate again

Let’s pray the leveler heads in our society prevent the civil war Trump and Bannon want to instigate in America.  

A victory at Standing Rock, for now

The water protectors will fight "until [they] know for sure that this black snake is dead."

Millions of Americans believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows, study finds

The fact that some people – 16.4 million, to be precise – believe chocolate milk comes directly from a cow’s teat is a problem.

ICC report accuses CIA of committing war crimes

While investigating allegations of torture and forced rectal feedings committed by CIA officers, the ICC is currently determining whether to prosecute any U.S. citizens responsible for committing war crimes.
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Chicago police need “overhaul” after foot chases led to Alvarez & Toledo killings within...

“There is this real sense that Brown and Black lives, they don’t have the value that they should when Chicago police officers confront our youth.”

A Catholic nun on what it really means to be pro-life

A moral world is one whose societies realize that none of us can manage alone without the help of those who believe that every life is as important as their own.

Victory! Uzbekistan President Announces Ban on GMOs in Baby Food

Uzbekistan will also adopt measures to restrict the import and consumption of all products containing GMOs.

Upcoming opportunities for the movement

There will be important opportunities in the next few years to advance the movement for economic, racial and environmental justice as well as peace.

Meet the Two Journalists Facing Jail Time for Covering Pipeline Protests

Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and documentarian Deia Schlosberg have been arrested for committing journalism.