In refusing to prioritize drivers’ safety, UPS risks major strike
As UPS drivers around the country struggle to do their jobs in triple-digit temperatures—literally baking inside non-air-conditioned trucks—their wealthy employer refuses to take action.
Supreme Court: Are new ethics rules needed as Gorsuch, Roberts & Thomas face questions...
“Because they don’t have an ethics code, you don’t know whether they’re doing things in an above-board way.”
Texas activists combine social media with old-school tactics to resist conservative agenda
Intersectional movements are helping the left gain ground, not just play defense.
How domestic violence and militarism “open the floodgates” to mass shootings like the Texas...
For those leading our country, gun control simply doesn’t seem as dangerous or as risky as it does for the people who are being killed and hurt on a daily basis.
Portland Becomes 7th City to Sue Monsanto Over PCB Contamination
“If Monsanto gets its way, the American people will pay a high price for corporate greed and political corruption.”
UN strengthens children’s rights to fight climate change in court
“Children are architects, leaders, thinkers and changemakers of today’s world. Our voices matter, and they deserve to be listened to.”
Why corporations choose lawlessness to fight unions
Workers at companies like Apple and Starbucks face armies of union-busting lawyers advising employers to repeatedly violate labor laws.
Resistance in the heartland: Fighting ICE in small-town Iowa and Nebraska
Direct service and solidarity are important, but there’s no “way out of this” without effective advocacy for sweeping systemic and policy change.
New search warrants in Flint water crisis probe raise serious and urgent questions
"The people of Flint deserve answers. Hopefully this investigation will yield them. And there needs to be accountability for those involved in creating this crisis, including former Governor Snyder."
“My whole heart is with you tonight”: A letter to the Dakota Access front...
We have survived this nation-state’s will for us because we are a fire that their water cannons cannot extinguish.