‘We never made it to the polls’: Police in North Carolina pepper-spray voting march,...
“We believe that this interaction, this interference from local authorities, has obstructed our marchers from not only lifting up our First Amendment rights to protest, to speak out, but also our rights to vote.”
A single-payer health care fix even without a working majority
It’s likely that the Trump-Ryan failure will push state legislatures to consider expanding Medicaid—putting even more people under the public insurance system.
‘A huge victory’: Biden USDA moves to restore animal welfare protections shredded by trump
“Finally, USDA will close the loophole allowing factory farms to produce ‘organic’ eggs and chicken.”
VIDEO: Tamir Rice Killing: Activists Push for Arrests After Judge Finds Probable Cause to...
The police officer that shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was holding a toy gun at a playground, is currently being charged. This is finally occurring after six months of absolutely no progress on the trial.
When empires fall
The United States’ reign as an Empire is coming to an end.
President Trump’s ‘arms for cops’ program just means more militarization of the police
Another sop to the gun nuts.
How corporations hope to eviscerate workers’ right to strike
Corporations so fear this kind of worker power that they’re asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rig the scales and help them kill future strikes before they even begin.
‘Absolutely insane’: Greg Abbott seeks pardon for man convicted of murdering BLM protester
"Now the man who killed Garrett Foster, while Foster protested George Floyd's murder, will be pardoned. George Floyd's pardon is still stuck with the Board of Pardons. If a fiction author wrote this, no one would believe it."
Artificial intelligence: profit versus freedom
As with previous technological breakthroughs, AI places on society’s agenda both new issues and old contentious ones.
Woman dragged out of legislative hearing after listing off oil and gas contributions to...
“As I tried to give my remarks at the public hearing this morning on HB 4268 in defense of our constitutional property rights, I got dragged out of House chambers."