Unjust and Dysfunctional: Asylum in the UK
In its current, intensely bureaucratic form, the asylum process – particularly for people who are frightened of official agencies with their endless forms and impersonal approach – is at best intimidating, at worse dysfunctional.
Why one Native family is donating their fracking proceeds to benefit Indian Country
A new fund will support deeply researched investigative journalism that reports on critical issues in Indian Country.
Climate Activist Who Chained Herself to Shell Vessel Argues Necessity Defense
Chiara D'Angelo, who spent three days chained to a Shell vessel last year to protest Arctic oil drilling, says her actions were necessary to prevent climate catastrophe
Still in the Bush Embrace
What really stands in the way of closing Guantánamo?
Let’s Learn From Australia: Semi-Automatic Weapons Bans Work
We need a ban on semi-automatic guns, which are no more than weapons of mass destruction designed to efficiently kill as many people as possible.
Uh-Oh Monsanto: EU Glyphosate License Set to Expire this Month
Glyphosate may soon be off European shelves permanently.
Why Bernie Needs To Take Satan’s Advice & Create An Un-Christian Coalition
In this week’s Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Election Crimes Bulletin, Dennis J. Bernstein and Greg Palast explain how Bernie can take a tip from Satan’s playbook and seize this moment to create one hell of a powerful a movement!
The Disney-fication of Our National Parks
Congress is letting major corporations buy naming rights in America’s national park system.
Former State Senator sentenced to 18 years in prison for bribery scheme
“Jonathan Woods violated the public’s trust and misused his authority for the purpose of lining his own pockets."
Honoring a victim’s memory on Workers’ Memorial Day
This is about prevention, not condemnation.