Dakota Access owner says pipelines safer than rail yet owns rail hub connected to...
“Both oil-by-rail and pipelines are dangerous. The argument that one is safer than the other is simply a distraction.”
Why riot? Toward a typology of social unrest
It is not fair to expect oppressed people to answer violence with nonviolence, but it’s what actually works far more often.
‘You Have a Mother’
A mother and a father, fighting to protect their daughter and son from death, still exist in faint particles of light. The fierce and protective love of a mother and a father is stronger than hate—it can overcome evil.
Global “Tesla Takedown” protests erupt against Musk’s role in Trump administration
Tens of thousands gathered at Tesla dealerships worldwide to protest Elon Musk’s leadership of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, calling for mass boycotts of Tesla stock and vehicles.
Homeless Heroes Thwart Attempted Bombing in New Jersey
Two homeless men reportedly informed authorities about suspicious packages that turned out to be IEDs.
Justice Department sues six of the nation’s largest landlords in effort to stop alleged...
Together, the six landlords manage more than 1.3 million apartments in 43 states and the District of Columbia.
Beyond resistance: The story of 2016
Maybe someday we’ll look back and say this was the year a revolution began.
Leading Democrats are way behind the public on health care
60 percent of Americans support single payer health care. So why is the party leadership dragging its feet?
The US spends more than $80 billion a year incarcerating 2.3 million people
"With movements calling for defunding and divesting, people are finally talking about spending and raising the heat on the thousands of corporations that profit off the millions of people we lock up."
Only a despot-friendly Supreme Court, instead of reigning in WH crimes, opens the gates
The right’s ferocious war on the Constitution has now super-powered the executive, leaving Congress, the judiciary, regulators, and ordinary, law-abiding citizens in the lurch.