Bringing workers’ rights into a Constitution? An innovative state ballot proposal could offer a...
A Nov. 8 referendum will give Illinois voters the opportunity to enact a “Workers’ Rights Amendment” to the state constitution.
‘Nail in the Coffin’: Obama to Halt New Coal Mining Leases on Public Lands
"The only safe place for coal in the 21st century is deep underground—these reforms will help keep more of it there."
Ben & Jerry Arrested in Front of Capitol Building
Joining hundreds of other activists on Monday, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were arrested in front of the Capitol Building along with several top officials from the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, the AFL-CIO, and NAACP.
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Fourth of July
The long-imprisoned revolutionary and author, who disdains the current political theater, says the broken, racist American system "has to be torn up, root and branch," to halt the war waged on the poor by the corporate state.
PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of manslaughter in camp fire
“They have put profits over people year after year and the state of California just keeps letting it happen.”
Trump proposes cutting Great Lakes funding by 97%
Every Senator needs to do the right thing for those living by the Great Lakes and reject these dangerous cuts.
State Terror Against People of Color
Too many families are unable to find social justice because they are rendered invisible by the media and crushed by poverty. And this nightmare they are living will only grow as poverty and inequality expand.
LAPD motorcycle cop charged with filing false report and perjury
“Investigators working in partnership with the Justice System Integrity Division of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office established probable cause to believe that the officer’s BWV (body worn video) footage was inconsistent with the written report.”
The race to stop Tar Sands pipeline financing before loans are even made
Efforts to defund Keystone XL target same banks that supported DAPL. “If you stop the flow of dollars, you stop the flow of oil.”
7,000 Kansas farmers vs. Syngenta over GMO corn dispute
“Every bushel of corn grown in this country is worth less today than it would have been had Syngenta” waited for China to approve the product.








