How accent discrimination reinforces America’s deepest divides
The American Southern accent reveals how linguistic prejudice reinforces classism, regionalism, and subconscious bias across generations.
One rural county’s battle to stop a pipeline from slicing through Pennsylvania
Lancaster County, Penn. is rising up against the $3 billion Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline.
Abortion rights defenders applaud judge’s block on Utah ‘trigger ban’
"Today is a win, but it is only the first step in what will undoubtedly be a long and difficult fight," said one pro-choice advocate.
Could the Problem of the 21st Century Be the Gender Line?
“Somewhere in time, a semantic shift occurred in the minds of enough people that it has now reached the level of law where we see a classic battle between a reform-minded, liberal federal government and that old standby of conservatives and bigots, states’ rights.”
‘The world is watching’: Amnesty report details human rights violations by US police during...
"Similar to the arrest of journalists—at the end of day, we need people who can tell this story, collect this information, or the government can do whatever it wants."
Documents reveal a web of financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they...
ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.
Why Trump justice is an oxymoron
Like Nixon, Trump has usurped the independence of the Department of Justice for his own ends.
Cheating, bribes & lies: DOJ charges dozens of rich parents & coaches in college...
Prosecutors have charged 33 parents, including Hollywood stars Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin.
The tiger population in Nepal’s Parsa National Park is recovering rapidly
“Tigers are conservation-dependent species and they respond to the conservation efforts immediately.”
This Pride month let’s remember: corporations are not allies
The Target company’s capitulation to homophobes and transphobes is a testament to the dangers of relying on corporations to uphold social justice.









