Flint Residents Charged the Highest Rates in the Country to Drink Poisoned Water
Flint residents were not only drinking contaminated water for months, they were being forced to pay over double the average rate for a typical American family.
GMO Labeling Won’t Increase Food Prices
Sadly, the opponents of GMO labeling are making the same arguments made three decades ago to fight the Nutrition Facts Panel.
Je Suis Istanbul
We should not need to share a culture, skin color, religion, or system of government with another human being to mourn their loss.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Infowars gets banned, U.S. Fish and Wildlife turns against saving the bees, and more.
Former police officer sentenced to 25 years for killing stranded motorist
Convicted of manslaughter while armed with a firearm and attempted first-degree murder, Raja was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison.
Sorry for Killing Your Son, CIA Tells Drone Strike Victim’s Family During Unprecedented Meeting
For years they have refused to release details of the strikes, fighting successive court cases brought by relatives of strike victims and by civil liberties groups.
Radical Realism About Climate Change
If we fail, we should not be surprised if, just a few years from now, the planetary thermostat is under the control of a handful of states or military and scientific interests.
Arizona will retry No More Deaths’ activist Scott Warren
The largely ministry-led movement provided humanitarian assistance to the thousands of individuals fleeing violence-ravaged Central American countries.
Climate justice and Indigenous rights advocates rally in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en people as RCMP...
Solidarity actions took the form of rallies and protests at government buildings in Canada as well as in the United States.
Monsanto, California battle over listing glyphosate as a carcinogen
Since Monsanto's lawsuit was filed, a number of organizations have intervened on both sides.