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.
The progressive movement just scored a huge win in Philly’s DA race
Larry Krasner’s victory was a referendum on Trump as well as on a whole host of issues that predate the president: immigrant rights, the war on drugs and mass incarceration.
The moral travesty of Trumpcare
So what do we do now? We fight.
Making sense of the deportation debate
How Bill Clinton and Barack Obama laid the groundwork for Trump’s immigration policies.
Hundreds of 2021 ‘insurrectionists’ may get off while 700 peaceful Pentagon protesters got arrested...
What a difference a half century makes (not!)...
After Las Vegas, these are the questions that can bring us peace
If we can stop clinging to stories that obscure the truth of what happened, then what follows easily is, How can I help?
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, June 21, 2018
Trump signs executive order halting family separation policy he created
President Trump signed an executive order halting what has become a notorious family separation policy...
24 arrested during protest of off-duty police shooting video
On Wednesday night, hundreds of protesters blocked the streets of Anaheim in a demonstration against the off-duty cop’s actions on a recent video. 24 were arrested.
Environmental groups sue to block ‘unconstitutional’ new law allowing fracking in Ohio state parks
“This is a clear example of the Ohio legislature ignoring constitutional requirements that are in place to ensure Ohio citizens can participate in the legislative process."
Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to violating civil rights of George Floyd and 14-year-old boy
“This is important and historic. His admissions mark another important moment of accountability and another step on the road to justice.”