Homelessness Soaring in the UK As People Can No Longer Afford To Pay Rent
One in five renters in Britain could not afford to pay January’s rent out of their normal salary and were forced to resort to credit cards, loans, overdrafts, pay day loans and borrowing from friends and family in order to pay housing costs.
‘A win for the planet!’: Dutch supreme court issues landmark ruling mandating climate action
The nonprofit that brought the case called it "a groundbreaking decision that confirms that individual governments must do their fair share to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
Behind the Booing: A Sanders Delegate Reflects on the DNC Protests
Bernie Sanders has always said this campaign was not about him or any one person, but about millions of people rising up and saying "enough is enough."
Restrictions on Syrian Refugees Driven by Fear, Xenophobia
Interview with Congressmember Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim member of Congress. “We’ve had 750,000 refugees come into this country since the year 2001. None of them – not one – has been engaged in terrorism,” Ellison says.
Pro-Palestinian protesters make powerful statement at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade amid Gaza genocide outcry
Activists interrupt iconic parade to spotlight Gaza crisis.
UN report exposes alarming U.S. human rights violations, urges immediate reforms
"Systemic racism and injustice": UN slams U.S. for widespread human rights breaches.
Spending a night in the Concord jail when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated
On the evening of April 4, 1968, an hour or so after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, I was in a jail cell in Concord, Mass., writing a freshman paper about King, Gandhi and Thoreau.
“Our water, our right”: 10 global struggles for public water
We bring you 10 inspiring stories of communities and cities working to reclaim public control over water and wastewater services from major private water multinationals.
Thousands of teachers and staff on strike across Oklahoma and Kentucky, Arizona might be...
"Stop the war on public education!"
Former Veterans Affairs police officer pleads guilty to excessive force
Nicholson faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing hearing is currently scheduled for June 24.