Candidates for 2015’s “Hypocrite of the Year”
There are so many candidates. But the people included here stand out in their various areas of nefarious behavior: warmaking, tax avoidance, consumer gouging, environmental destruction, and criminal arrogance.
Thousands protest Olympics’ social and environmental harms as ICE presence sparks unrest in Milan
Demonstrators denounce public spending, ecological damage, police repression, Israel’s participation, and the deployment of US immigration agents during the Milano-Cortina Winter Games.
A Nation of Snitches
"Freedom demands the destruction of the security and surveillance organs and the disempowering of the millions of informants who work for the state." Are we living in a time bomb where informants keep a populace in a state of fear?
Senate Democrats call on Biden to pardon all federal nonviolent marijuana offenders
“Our country’s cannabis policies must be completely overhauled, but you have the power to act now.”
Why President Hillary Clinton Will Need Bernie’s “Political Revolution” to Get Anything Done
The pragmatist in her must know that the only way her ideas will make it in real life is if the public is organized and mobilized behind them.
Parkland kids inspire a veteran to march
This won't be his last protest.
LGBT Activists Sue North Carolina Officials Over Controversial Bathroom Law
The lawsuit alleges that new legislation in the state violates civil rights protections.
The progressive movement just scored a huge win in Philly’s DA race
Larry Krasner’s victory was a referendum on Trump as well as on a whole host of issues that predate the president: immigrant rights, the war on drugs and mass incarceration.
District Attorney asks FBI to investigate police detective assaulting nurse
“That’s not the way we treat people in our city.”
‘Death sentence for women and families’: US court blocks domestic violence gun ban
The court ruled that the law prohibiting people with domestic violence restraining orders from owning guns "fails to pass constitutional muster," and that the ban is an outlier "that our ancestors never would have accepted."