The Digital Dog Ate Our Civil-Liberties Homework: ‘It’s Just the Way It Is’
The surveillance state is a failure and suppressor of democracy and should not be the default setting of digital technology. It's time we get back to a democratic system, which is to be master.
“It is in Our Power to Do Something”: After Another Massacre, Will Public Mobilize...
The recent shooting in a black church in South Carolina has led President Obama to call for immediate action on gun control. The U.S. needs to recognize the fact that these situations of mass violence does not happen in other countries with stricter gun control laws.
Ohio teachers win back regular raises
Preparation, communication, and unity were the keys to their success.
As the war in Ukraine devastates the nation’s ecosystems, the world reaches record-high military...
Just one bomb releases a slew of toxic heavy metals into Ukraine’s soil and groundwater. Now multiply this by thousands.
New data tool details thousands of corporations profiting from US prison industry
Companies in the database are assigned a "harm score" based on their responsibility for and responsiveness to their human rights violations.
ACLU and NAACP File Lawsuit For Release of Police Shooting Footage
Refusing to release the videos of Clark’s death merely affirms the public’s distrust of police and state officials.
Climate scientists attack Tony Abbott’s ‘misleading’ speech to Global Warming Policy Foundation
Abbott told the GWPF that rising carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning could be “beneficial.”
The tie that truly binds grand fortune and great talent
Our world’s richest are increasingly monopolizing the smarts of our smartest.
Muslim Ban Rally, 2018: A melting pot of resistance
A new possibility for the resistance has emerged – one that involves the cooperation of groups that you wouldn't normally think of.
Lament for Humanity: A 50 Year Reflection
“I am not going to get another 50 years to try to create the world of peace, justice and sustainability for which many of us strive but I am going to use every single moment of the time I have left.”







