Louisiana cops charged with assaulting unarmed motorists
The civil rights charges carry a maximum penalty of ten years in federal prison.
Neil deGrasse Tyson on the threat of science denial
The astrophysicist says that when you have people who don't know much about science denying it and rising to power, it's a recipe for the complete dismantling of our democracy.
After a Year of Pledges and Promises, Are We Any Closer to Saving the...
Thousands of acres of milkweed will be planted in the spring—but environmental groups say the focus on habitat isn’t enough.
How Far Will North Dakota Go to Get This Pipeline?
The militarized response is escalating, Dakota Access construction is accelerating. To be clear: North Dakota is acting as trustee for the company, using what it considers the powers of state to make this project so.
The betrayal of the Black community
What has not been generally covered are the feelings of let down and betrayal that lingers in the Black community as a result of the aftermath of the 2024 Presidential elections.
A last chance for resistance
There is a hierarchy to oppression. It begins with the most vulnerable.
Our health care system is a corporate care system
Why is our health system flailing? Because its guiding ethic is profit, not care.
Where are all the monuments to the progressive Americans?
The organizers, activists, artists, writers, athletes, judges and occasional elected officials who fought to make the United States a more humane and inclusive country often go unacknowledged.
Bezos and Musk vs. workers
These corporations win this fight only if the public doesn’t know what’s happening.
You cannot trap the ‘magic rat’: Trump, Congress and geopolitics
The ‘magic rat’ is simply the mechanism by which an unconscious and terrified mind instantly switches its attention from something frightening to something more pleasant to avoid having any time to consciously engage with the presented information.