Friday, April 19, 2024

Victory for activists as DNC considers hosting a climate-specific debate

Youth and climate activists had relentlessly expressed their desire for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to host a climate change presidential debate....

If you don’t have good health care, neither should your rep

Until they deliver for the whole public, the public owes them nothing.
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“Brutal and sadistic”: Noam Chomsky on family separation & the U.S. roots of today’s...

More than 400 parents have been deported back to their home countries while their children remain in U.S. custody in facilities scattered across the United States.

Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, August 28

Student loan watchdog quits, progressives launch campaign against Kavanaugh, air pollution harms cognitive performance, and more.

Top 8 ways to tell if you’re a white supremacist who believes in the...

So if you think there is a “white race” you might be a white supremacist.
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Officers placed on leave after repeatedly punching teen on video

The police sergeant and two officers who arrested Luke have been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into the incident. Currently, none of the officers faces assault charges.

Polanski’s Devil’s Disciples

Just finished viewing, for the umpteenth time, one of my favorite films, Chinatown (1973), directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jack Nicholson. At...

On 13th anniversary of last minimum wage hike, Dems urged to raise ‘deplorable’ $7.25...

"They must immediately raise the federal minimum wage to at least $15 an hour. Our country cannot afford to reach a 14th anniversary of $7.25."

Prison inmates fighting California’s deadly fires

More than 2,000 inmates are working as firefighters, prompting new debate over this aspect of prison labor.

Why riot? Toward a typology of social unrest

It is not fair to expect oppressed people to answer violence with nonviolence, but it’s what actually works far more often.