Jeffrey Epstein is dead. Civil rights lawyer says civil charges against his estate will...
Charges and civil suits against Jeffrey Epstein are continuing following the death of the serial sex abuser, who was found dead in...
Washington court reverses verdict against Bayer in PCBs case
A $185 million verdict against Pharmacia—a Monsanto spinoff—which sold now-banned chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), was found liable in 2021 for chemical contamination.
Amid growing anti-immigrant hate, 8 killed as driver plows into group near migrant shelter...
“I can only describe it as a hate crime. It was motivated by hate.”
America Being Crushed by a Mountain of Escalating Debt
The U.S. and its citizens are inundated with massive debt as a nation, government, and society. It seems like an impossibility to get this issue under control, especially when a majority of funding goes directly to endless wars.
How the Trump administration went easy on small-town police abuses
The Obama Justice Department thought Ville Platte, Louisiana – where officers jail witnesses to crimes – could become a model of how to erase policing abuses that plague small towns across the nation. Jeff Sessions decided not to bother.
Scientists Discover an Imperiled Bumblebee Bouncing Back in Unexpected Places
Western bumblebees remain in steep decline, but biologists believe they may be evolving to outwit a deadly parasite.
Six questions for a world that seems to be losing interest in democracy
How do we shape a democratic future living in a zeitgeist that is tightening its grip across the globe?
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 5
Women's March disrupts Kavanaugh hearing, Senator Jon Kyl replaces McCain, Rahm Emanuel not seeking re-election, and more.
University of Toronto students score a win for the climate—and campus protests more broadly
“This victory shows students have the ability to enact institutional change."
‘I came to put my body on the line:’ Both inside and outside hearing,...
"Many citizens before me have fought for the equal rights of women. I can't be silent when someone is nominated to the Supreme Court who would take our equal rights away."