School support workers strike closing more than 1,000 LA schools
More than 1,000 schools are closed because of the strike, which impacts 422,000 students.
3 ways to tell if your local politician is serious about climate change
At this point we need more than nice rhetoric, more than empty pledges to "live up to the Paris accords."
After latest Gaza slaughter: Open an investigation, end the occupation
The occupation must end, and those responsible for the slaughter must be held accountable.
94% of Indigenous women in Seattle have experienced sexual violence. We need to tell...
"Seven generations from now, I don’t want a Native woman to have to talk to her daughter about what to do when she is raped. And so we have passed these stories on."
Former City Council president indicted on fraud, bribery, and extortion charges
If convicted of all charges, Tamaya Dennard could face a maximum sentence of 50 years in federal prison.
The move toward a four-day workweek obscures low pay
Of course Americans deserve to work fewer hours. But unless the move to a four-day workweek is accompanied by a massive pay raise, it merely frees up time to work more.
On the road from protest to power: A rising tide
The “political establishment” is going to have a much harder time using its financial and institutional muscle to relegate this new generation of thoughtful, strategic and energized grassroots candidates.
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...
Will Obama’s offshore drilling ban be Trumped?
What can a new president and a new congress do?
EPA chief met with Dow Chemical CEO before deciding not to ban toxic pesticide
This is just the latest in a long list of examples of the Trump administration working with corporate polluters before reversing public safeguards