Severance pay: Corporate obligation to long-term workers
There is a new push, at both the state and federal levels, to provide U.S. workers with many of the benefits that workers in other countries have long taken for granted.
Ferguson Lawsuit Shines a Light on a National Problem
City officials were slapped with a Justice Department lawsuit after requesting changes to a hard-fought legal agreement.
“Weaponized and racialized”: Police departments use COVID-19 to target black & brown communities
Black and Brown communities are being disproportionately targeted and policed in New York City’s enforcement measures during the pandemic.
BREAKING: Democrats Stage House Sit-In to Demand Action on Gun Control
Democrats are demanding a vote on new legislation that would close gun control loopholes.
In Syria, Rebels From East Aleppo Strike Hospital in Government-Held West Aleppo (Video)
You see headlines talking about the humanitarian disaster in the city, but it is hard to know what those headlines are talking about.
Putting Their Bodies On The (Pipe)Line
From a small boat bobbing in the ocean to the growing resistance camps in North Dakota, the climate movement is on the rise.
Progressives must mobilize and persuade – and get better at each
Turning out voters in the progressive base, such as communities of color, women and millennials, as well as talking to voters who don't agree with us, is critical to winning again.
Virginia school system gives students time for protests
“I think we’re setting the stage for the rest of the nation with this.”
Is Trump’s America our America?
Here we are in Trumplandia, with a delusional leader of a plutocratic party trying to redefine reality with “alternative facts,” fake news, and a blitzkrieg of Orwellian “Newspeak.”
Prosecutors investigate dehydration death of mentally ill inmate
Despite the fact that four people died in his jail within a six-month period, Sheriff Clarke has shown no remorse nor accepted responsibility.