‘Federal invasion’: Minnesota officials condemn violent ICE raids, arrests
The Minnesota Star Tribune reports that the number of federal agents now in Minneapolis and Saint Paul outstrips the 10 largest Twin Cities metro police departments combined.
Ten Ways to Make the Economy Work for the Many, Not the Few #7
American workers need a union to bargain on their behalf. Low-wage workers in big-box retail stores and fast-food chains need a union even more. If we want average Americans to get a fair share of the gains from economic growth, they need to be able to unionize.
NY Attorney General Investigating Death of Woman in Police Custody
In the last month, there have been at least 13 people who've died in police custody. Now the New York attorney general is investigating the death of Raynette Turner, 42, who was found dead in her holding cell.
Forty plus years later & nothing changes
“It took me 13 years before I ever attempted to get a job with a corporation again.”
What the Parkland teens can teach Medicare for All campaigners
Successful campaigns will feature faces of the vulnerable with whom we can identify, bold and passionate action, and a movement-building strategy of nonviolent direct action campaigning.
Tribes find new ways to keep pipelines – and their oil – out of the Great...
The upcoming months promise intense new fronts of conflict as tribal nations are united as never before and taking action.
Supreme Court will hear Exxon’s effort to crush climate lawsuits
Justice Samuel Alito did not recuse himself from considering the petition, despite significant financial conflicts of interest in implicated cases.
Rogue Cop Indicted for Excessive Force and Cover-Ups
Officer Griffin has had at least 19 complaints filed against him, including six from last year. On Wednesday, Griffin was charged with four counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, three counts of perjury, and two counts of destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations.
Tesla takedown: Protests grow across the US as Trump & Musk brand activists as...
As protests against Tesla grow and sales plummet, the company’s stock has lost about 40 percent of its value since the start of the year.
Smart Guns Meet Stubborn Opposition
Are smart guns the answer to prevent future mass shootings and other acts of gun violence? First we need legislation to come to the point where curtailing gun-violence is a reality.