76-Year-Old Veteran Commits Suicide In VA Parking Lot After Being Denied Treatment
Veteran suicides in the United States are a chronic problem. Veterans face a suicide risk higher than the rest of the American population.
Groups Ask Clinton For “Unequivocal Statement” On Lame-Duck TPP Vote
“Your continued leadership is sadly necessary as President Obama refuses to abandon this unpopular deal.”
Health Dangers of Fracking Revealed in Johns Hopkins Study
While the industry will no doubt continue to refute the expanding science about the dangers of fracking, we can't afford to ignore it.
Police Defend Chasing Down Innocent 5th Grader With Guns Drawn
While the encounter is a clear example of racial profiling that left a child traumatized, the President of James Stewart Jr. of the Newark Fraternal Order of Police maintains the officers were doing their due diligence.
Climate Change and the 1,000-Year Flood in Baton Rouge: When Will We Learn?
There is growing grass-roots activism directly confronting the extraction and transport of fossil fuels in addition to raising awareness of climate change.
Creating Change: Lessons From a Private-Prison Victory
This an opportunity to renew our understanding of the social compact. It allows us to emphasize the value of communitarian idealism over individualistic greed.
How Veterans Are Losing the War at Home
Making America Pain-Free for Plutocrats and Big Pharma, But Not Vets
Why Can’t Our Economy Promote Equality and Shared Prosperity?
"If you're not at the table, you're on the menu." The "Take On Wall Street" campaign intends to put you and me — the People — at the table for a change.
Humanitarian Imperialism? All but Forgotten, South Sudan Unravels
A South Sudan that can’t guarantee basic rights to its citizens isn’t worthy of celebration, let alone international recognition.
Obama’s New Campaign for the TPP Could Drag Down Democrats
By corrupting democracy for this one big, lame-duck vote, our politicians can undermine and limit democracy for many years and even decades to come.