Elon Musk is not the hero Puerto Rico needs
The island needs a revamped electric grid and fast, but privatization is not the answer.
Largest healthcare worker strike in US history set to kick off on Oct. 4
More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente employees in six states and Washington, D.C. are set to stop working for three days starting Wednesday to protest unfair working conditions and unsafe staffing levels.
10 amazing social movement struggles in 2017 that give us reason to hope
Here are ten stories showing that people power works.
This Hawaiian lawmaker fought Mark Zuckerberg off Native land. Now he’s Running for Congress.
DSA member Kaniela Ing is calling for 100 percent renewable energy, universal basic income and a jobs guarantee.
Bike-Powered Farming Program Turns Lawns Into Urban Farms
A landowner or renter with owner consent, can donate their chemical-free lawn to Fleet Farming, which will then build a food-producing plot at least 500 square feet in size.
Eyewitness sketches provide ‘stormy’ results, can lead to false convictions
“These data suggest that the accuracy of eyewitness identification by some victims of crime has been overestimated in data from laboratory studies."
For Nine Souls in Charleston, One Year Later
Cynthia Hurd. Susie Jackson. Ethel Lee Lance. Depayne Middle-Doctor. Clementa Pinckney. Tywanza Sanders. Daniel Simmons. Sharonda Singleton. Myra Thompson. Remember them by name. They live on.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, October 12
Law students launch nationwide strike against illegitimate justice, Chinese intel officer arrested and charged with economic espionage, Enbridge Pipeline explosion forces First Nations community to flee, and more.
Riots Erupt in Charlotte After Police Killing of Keith Lamont Scott
The police department and Scott's family are at odds with their version of events leading up to the shooting and killing of Keith Lamont Scott.
Moving from a Doomsday Clock to a Peace Clock
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists only moved the hands of the Clock forward by one second, which must have come as a relief to the few members of the public who heard about it.