‘Divest The Globe’ protests urge banks to cut ties with fossil fuels
“The system is not going to break people down. We will stand stronger together no matter the distance.”
Are Candidates Exploiting the Families of Black Victims for Votes? Sandra Bland’s Mom Says...
Black votes matter, but some question whether Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton’s endorsements from relatives of police brutality victims are appropriate.
KKK Graffiti Spurs High School Student Walk Out in California
This incident comes after a string of racist attacks in southern California, including a KKK stabbing in Anaheim, and an attack just one day later against Latinos in Los Angeles by knife wielding white supremacists screaming, “Heil Hitler!”
Landmark youth climate lawsuit heads to federal appeals court
"We look forward to the opportunity to argue this case before the Ninth Circuit so that we can move quickly to trial."
Emilio Gutierrez Soto and the fight to protect journalists
Democracy depends on a vigorous free press, and it is up to all of us to demand it, and to defend it.
Unilateral sanity could save the World
“Nothing can be changed until it is faced"
As France Lifts Municipal Burkini Ban, Let’s Ask Why We Should Care What Other...
Islamophobic conservatives express outrage that Western progressives support Muslim rights that the conservatives want to curb. But progressives also support Sikhs, Haredi Jews and others who want to be different, as long as their being different doesn’t harm anyone.
ACLU & HRW Call to Decriminalize Drug Use and Possession After Documenting Arrests Every...
Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union released the findings Wednesday with a call for states and the federal government to decriminalize low-level drug offenses, which, it says—the report says, account for more arrests than any other crime.
The Doubt Machine: documentary explores Koch Brothers’ war on climate science
The Doubt Machine definitely adds some useful personal context and also draws the clear connections from the denial-sphere to the Koch brothers.
Parents receive $9 million settlement after police kill handcuffed son
The state of Missouri is paying the Ellingson family for their loss.