2023: A year of global human rights regression amid political expediency
Human Rights Watch's 2024 report exposes a year of global human rights backsliding amidst political compromises.
How the American Legislative Exchange Council turns disinformation into law
State lawmakers introduced nearly 2,900 bills based on ALEC templates from 2010 through 2018. More than 600 of them became law.
New Year minimum wage hikes hopeful to boost consumer spending, strengthen businesses
In 2025, 15 states plus Washington D.C. have scheduled minimum wage increases to $15 or higher.
Mahmoud Khalil’s disappearance: The Trump administration’s crackdown on political dissent
Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and Columbia graduate, was forcibly taken by ICE without a warrant, marking the first political disappearance under Trump’s second administration.
Watch: Veterans apologize to Indigenous on behalf of U.S. Army at Standing Rock
Today, hundreds of veterans from across the United States took a knee and begged for forgiveness for crimes committed toward indigenous people in the name of the U.S. military.
Are You Ready to Defeat the TPP this November? Join the #NoLameDuckUprising
We need thousands to join the #NoLameDuckUprising this November. Our futures depend on us saying NO to the TPP.
Inherited wealth boom puts a spotlight on a global inequality emergency
As the G20 prepares to meet in Johannesburg, experts warn that more than $70 trillion set to change hands will entrench wealth gaps and threaten democracy without coordinated action.
In-Tim-I-Dation—brutality drives ‘domestic ICE terrorism’ to shut down mass, anti-MAGA resistance
Corruptly, stupidly defending massively excess force against a made-up "terrorist" reinforces the ultimate criminality ofMAGA Trump government-driven terrorism, lying the unarmed, unaggressive Good “deserved what she got.”
The 2022 giving slump exposes the fragility of top-heavy charity
When ultra-wealthy donors dominate philanthropy, our charities are less resilient.
Celebrating Berta Cáceres and Ending Violence Against Indigenous Land Activists
Cáceres spoke of a way forward: “We must shake our conscience free of the rapacious capitalism, racism and patriarchy that will only assure our own self-destruction.”