Former L.A. Sheriff Withdraws Guilty Plea
Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca withdrew his guilty plea on Monday. His case will now go to trial.
Florida’s deadly heat bill: GOP’s war on outdoor worker safety
The bill has sparked a fierce debate over worker rights and public health amidst escalating temperatures.
‘This is a national emergency’: Dems push for assault weapons ban amid string of...
"Every time you vote for a lawmaker who opposes gun safety, you’re voting for policies that make it more likely your loved one will be slaughtered."
Nation’s largest offshore wind farm gets green light
In this new era, we'll need this state leadership more than ever.
Eugene Debs and the kingdom of evil
"If there be anything sadder than a body perishing for want of bread, it is a mind dying of hunger for lack of light.”
How the wealthy save billions in taxes by skirting a century-old law
Goldman Sachs and others have helped billionaires like Steve Ballmer see huge tax savings by selling stocks for a loss and then replacing them with nearly identical investments.
Hunger crisis amid prosperity: 44 million Americans face food insecurity despite soaring GDP
The juxtaposition of America's economic growth reports and the reality of widespread food insecurity shows an immediate need for a more inclusive approach to measuring prosperity.
VIDEO: Breast Cancer Patient Arrested for Protesting TPP: 'This Is Price Gouging at the...
Does the highly secretive TPP agreement between the U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim nations include a "death sentence clause?" Zahara Heckscher, a cancer patient, talks about why the trade deal "would actually condemn women to death."
The American Medical Association has an obligation it’s failing on.
Our government is killing people in cold blood, and the institutions meant to advocate for us remain silent even when it is their peers being forced into tanks, handcuffed, and locked away and tortured.
How a Climate Crisis Can Lead Farmers to Joint Planning and Response
The time to make it happen is now. This will build capital based on trust and a common vision of a shared future.