Texas lawmakers largely ignored recommendations aimed at helping rural areas like Kerr County prepare...
Although it had been only seven years since Hurricane Harvey, legislators now prioritized the state’s water and drought crisis over flooding needs.
Water protectors hold their ground in Wild Rice Country
“Indigenous people and our allies are resisting across the whole pathway of this pipeline.”
The psychology of mass killers: What causes it? How can you prevent it?
But what is this ‘invisible’ and ‘utterly invisible’ violence that is inflicted on us mercilessly, and has a profoundly damaging impact, from the day we are born?
Reflections on a low, dishonest decade
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How to show solidarity with Black Lives Matter this holiday season
The Black Xmas campaign, started by Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, urges shoppers to use their dollars wisely and in service of racial justice.
Prisons are not the answer to preventing crime
Rather than getting tough on crime, justice agencies need to get smart on crime.
Hershey, Nestlé, Mars and other chocolate makers named in child slavery class action lawsuit
“The cocoa and chocolate industry has zero tolerance for any instances of forced labor in the supply chain.”
Police Officer Sentenced to 63 Months for Kicking in Suspect’s Teeth
After a dash cam footage caught an officer kicking in the suspect’s teeth and breaking his nose, a former Des Moines police officer was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison. But why was there no mention of this excessive force in his arrest report?
The Freedom to Vote Act is no ‘compromise.’ pass it now.
The effort to roll back voting rights is unconscionable, and the federal government has a duty to act — now, before the next election.
Community organizer slams ‘fascist ICE agents’ after arrest of US citizen documenting raids
ICE has faced widespread backlash over the arrest of community advocates swept up while documenting raids across the country, many of them U.S. citizens.








