Movement to defund US police departments is a beautiful and doable idea
Who needs cops for school discipline, domestic disputes, traffic control and serving warrants?
Not Immune: Sheriff’s Captain Convicted of Civil Rights Violation
Not only is a police sheriff responsible for ensuring the safety of a community, he or she must also hold those within the administration to higher standards. That's what Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office did to one of its own, Captain James “Jim” Corder.
Unemployment insurance isn’t holding back the economy. Inequality is.
If policy makers want to get people back to work, they need to make our economy work for people.
In Selma, Memories of Bloody Sunday Spur Action Today
The fiftieth-anniversary commemoration of Bloody Sunday in Selma this past weekend was a look back at living history. It was also a moment to remember the martyrs of the civil-rights movement then and now. Will bringing together past and present help shape a new future?
The Fight for $15 celebrates its fourth anniversary with new protests
A federal minimum wage increase may be unlikely under President Trump, but low-wage workers have already won major victories.
Khizr Khan and the wisdom of Gold Star families
"If it was up to Donald Trump, [my son] never would have been in America."
'Collective Healing' at National Black Lives Matter Convergence Ends with Police Pepper-Spraying Teen
While a historic conference to raise national attention about police brutality and other pressing issues took place in Cleveland this past weekend, the event ended in violence against Black Lives Matter supporters. But why?
How Trump’s presidency is fueling right-wing nationalist & anti-immigration movements across Europe
Hate crimes in Britain have hit a record high and anti-immigrant nationalist movements are surging across Europe.
Justice Department joins lawsuit to end the nation’s first reparations program
A legal fight in a Chicago suburb could decide whether any American city can ever pay reparations for housing segregation.
Eight ways the Trump-GOP tax cuts have made the rich richer while failing working...
In the two years since Congress passed the Republican tax law, the richest 1 percent have been the big winners.







