Justice

Two of the five deputies accused of brutally assaulting an inmate’s brother visiting the Men’s County Jail in Los Angeles have already pled guilty to criminal charges. Just another example of police brutality and deputies’ false reports.

“Democracy versus autocracy is the battle of our time,” said Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.

The effort to roll back voting rights is unconscionable, and the federal government has a duty to act — now, before the next election.

“We know that Shell is a climate criminal, destroying people’s lives and the planet for profit.”

In pre-modern times, before the state was tasked with sheltering the homeless or granting asylum to refugees, the care of strangers fell to regular citizens.

Emails show that extent to which Energy Transfer Partners went to hire firms to discredit the Standing Rock water protectors.

Defend our teachers. Pay our teachers. Value our teachers. The work they do determines our future. 

Much like Bill Murray, the climate movement will have to learn from its mistakes and refuse to repeat them.

‘Slavery wasn’t so bad; white men are the real victims’: these are the messages that appear to stem from the right-wing war on history. It’s part of a bigger picture rooted in the politics of fear.

“So, as we grapple with the need to regulate banks and pharmaceutical companies, greenhouse emissions and guns, let us give some thought to the regulating of racism and other hateful attitudes through the judicious use of those public institutions that help shape attitudes from generation to generation.”