Federal judge blocks EPA’s enforcement of civil rights in environmental cases
"We are suffering, we are dying," said Mary Hampton of Concerned Citizens of St. John. "That's a hard thing to deal with."
ICE detention is ‘soul-destroying:’ Eritrean immigrant dies by suicide during deportation
Friends and family are demanding to know why he was deported to Eritrea, despite his fears that he would be tortured or even killed there.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 24
Congressman and his wife plead not guilty to campaign spending charges, Kroger to phase out plastic bags, and more.
California Freeways Will Soon Generate Electricity
If they are successful, perhaps other states will consider harvesting electricity from their busy roadways.
Interfaith solidarity: A Muslim-led crowdfunding campaign raises $120,000 in two days for victims of...
"We wish to respond to evil with good, as our faith instructs us, and send a powerful message of compassion through action."
U.S. to investigate discrimination against Native American students on Montana reservation
The Education Department said it will look into a long-standing complaint of racial inequities in Wolf Point schools after The New York Times and ProPublica wrote a story about the issue.
New poll shows the majority of Americans don’t want Roe v. Wade overturned
Americans don't agree with the new abortion bans in Alabama and Georgia.
Teachers and Black Lives Matter Activists Partner Up
“How do we amplify each other’s message and work together to target the oligarchs that fill the politicians’ war chest?”
Wasted funds, destroyed property: How sheriffs undermined their successors after losing re-election
Alabama sheriffs who lost reelection in 2018 personally pocketed funds and deleted public records, an investigation by AL.com and ProPublica found. It’s a longstanding tradition that sheriffs aren’t typically held accountable for.
New study confirms findings of faster global warming, despite what the GOP claims
After publishing their results in 2015, the NOAA became under attack from GOP members of the House. Now their findings are being validated.