Monday, April 29, 2024

Berkeley Soda Tax Is Working

Are Berkeley residents better off?

Trump to Meet Mexican President

Republican nominee Donald Trump will be visiting Mexico City today where a private meeting will be held between him and the President of Mexico.

Nonviolent Revolt in the Twenty-First Century

“If you also wish to be part of the worldwide movement to end violence in all of its forms, you are welcome to sign the online pledge of ‘The People's Charter to Create a Nonviolent World’.”

Dakota Access Pipeline Tribal Liaison Formerly Worked For Agency Issuing Permit To Cross Tribal...

U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg will issue a ruling on the Standing Rock tribe's request for an injunction on September 9

As France Lifts Municipal Burkini Ban, Let’s Ask Why We Should Care What Other...

Islamophobic conservatives express outrage that Western progressives support Muslim rights that the conservatives want to curb. But progressives also support Sikhs, Haredi Jews and others who want to be different, as long as their being different doesn’t harm anyone.

The Era Of Private Prisons May Soon Be Over

Homeland Security will review the use of private prisons for immigrant detention.

Federal Judge Protects Two Transgender Individuals From North Carolina’s HB2

It’s the first sign that the discriminatory law is doomed to fail.

An Open Letter to Bernie Sanders

Senator Sanders, let's have a strong movement, with your people in Washington communicating directly to your supporters who want to make “Our Revolution” something unique in American politics.

You Used to Be Able to Take Them to Court

The CFPB is working to protect you as a consumer from forced arbitration clauses in financial contracts.

Governor of Maine Says People of Color Are ‘The Enemy,’ Implies They Should Be...

“Maine Governor Paul LePage (R) called people of color and people of Hispanic origin ‘the enemy’ and implied they should be shot.”