Tuesday, August 19, 2025

President Obama created two new national monuments and Republicans are furious

Republicans vow to undo President Obama's new designations, but do they have the power to do so?

Merry Christmas: Right-wingers, the Red Pope and Jesus

Rationality doesn't seem to be included in the liturgy of right-wingers' political church.

No more holiday gifts for repressive regimes

The U.S. is selling weapons to a country that's killing a child every 10 minutes. That has to stop.

Hundreds of peace activists are marching from Berlin to Aleppo

"For us, we took it as our sign, which symbolizes for us the struggle for peace, democracy and freedom. A community … united against the killing.”

It wasn’t all bad: 5 signs of positive change in 2016

The election divided the year into “before” and “after.” But there remain signs of hope for 2017.

Trump’s EPA pick rouses suspicions over ties to Koch Brothers

Trump's appointment of Pruitt was met with unprecedented criticism by environmental and health organizations nationwide, being described as a "puppet" of the fossil fuel industry.

Get the fossil fuels out of climate policymaking

Take action today and sign the petition to create a "precedent-setting treaty mechanism" to get a behemoth industry out of the way. Help us save the planet!

Pledge to buy non-GMO

Have you ever asked yourself why our food is being produced and modified by the biotech industry?

There were 61 victims of gun violence in Chicago during Christmas weekend

The number of homicides in the city skyrocketed this year.

Congressman arrested for domestic abuse and aiming gun at wife

Corley was charged with first-degree domestic violence and pointing a firearm at another person.