Chicago Activist: City’s Call for Peace over Laquan McDonald Video Does Not Extend to...
"For us, it was important not to take a meeting with the mayor where it was clear to us that this series of meetings was about how are we going to quell our fears — being the mayor’s office’s fears — about what young, black people are going to do once this video is released."
Experts say the use of private email by Trump’s voter fraud commission isn’t legal
Instructions have been lacking, says one commissioner – a sharp contrast with similar groups in the past.
How Australia’s ‘fever swamp’ of climate science denial is pushing a non-scandal about temperatures
Australia’s network of climate science deniers continue to grasp at straws.
FDA to Start Testing for Glyphosate in Food
The federal agency already tests for residues of many agricultural chemicals on food. Now it will include the widely used weed killer linked to cancer.
Federal Trade Commission sues Amazon over Prime subscriptions
The FTC said that for years Amazon "complicated the cancellation process for Prime subscribers who sought to end their membership."
Montreal Makes Plans To Ban All Plastic Water Bottles
Montreal announces plan to ban all water bottles, corporations announce plan to fight the ban.
NYPD Sergeant Caught on Video Choking an Unarmed Woman
The NYPD has banned chokeholds, so why do people keep ending up dead after officers utilize them?
Armed Police Clash with Protesters as the Situation in North Dakota Intensifies
Police are using armored vehicles, tasers, percussion grenades and sound canons to try and disperse the protesters.
Another Flint? Newark, NJ, faces public health crisis over lead contamination in city’s water...
Thousands of residents in Newark, New Jersey, remain unable to drink their tap water in an enduring public health nightmare. Lead contamination...
2.2 million petition demanding Medicare for All
Yesterday, 2.2 million petition signatures were delivered to the U.S. House of Representatives to show support of Medicare for All.