Justice

In a new campaign to establish global privacy standards, Edward Snowden along with others proposed the International Treaty on the Right to Privacy, Protection Against Improper Surveillance and Protection of Whistleblowers. Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights, discusses the treaty.

Evan Young, the 2015 class valedictorian of Twin Peaks Charter Academy High School in Longmont, Colorado was prevented from giving his graduation speech because he was going to announce he is gay. But Young finally got his chance and was praised for his bravery.

The devolution of the political system through corruption has led to “the death of the party system” and the emergence of what Tariq Ali, part of the royalty of the left, called “an extreme center.” “One is doomed if nothing happens in the U.S.”

Glyphosate continues to be at the center of a number of controversies.

Republican efforts to impose voter ID laws and redraw election districts both wound up in federal court. Dale Schultz ended 30 years in state politics lamenting the recent displays of partisanship.

What better way to understand the dangers of plastic pollution than by traveling on a ship made out of garbage?

My gratitude goes out to the millions of Americans who launched a resistance that has slowed or stopped many of Trump’s policies.

Sanders' proposal will cut the health care costs paid by typical working families from some $6,200 a year to $466.

A new study shows that Medicaid-covered births are up and contraceptive claims are down.

If our legislators and central bankers can find trillions of dollars to bail out Wall Street banks, they can find the money to help an American territory suffering the worst humanitarian crisis in its history.