What determines the success of movements today?
The importance of timing, external factors and luck certainly leave some open questions.
Not just the Supreme Court: Ethics troubles plague state high courts, too
North Carolina’s Supreme Court chief justice heard cases despite a conflict of interest. Experts say judicial ethics at state high courts everywhere don’t receive the scrutiny they deserve.
Voter registration is inherently racist
And several other reasons that the midterm elections are testing how far some states can go in disenfranchising certain voters.
An obituary for our world
Yes, my obituary is a given, but humanity’s should be so much less so.
The U.S. Justice Department is Suing Ferguson
“The residents of Ferguson have suffered the deprivation of their constitutional rights, the rights guaranteed to all Americans, for decades. They have waited decades for justice. They should not be forced to wait any longer.”
Time to trash the terrorist watch list, a police-state Frankenstein gone off the rails
Any political blacklist that has a million names of “suspected terrorists” is a caricature of a police state run amok.
The power of no: Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka and Black women’s resistance
Setting professional boundaries can be deeply challenging in the face of pressure, discrimination and adverse mental health impacts.
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.
‘Five-alarm fire’: Anger, resolve as thousands rally nationwide for reproductive rights
"Beyond protests, we will need mass meetings to plan next steps for the movement including direct action and even strikes."
‘Textbook authoritarianism’: Trump aims IRS criminal division at left-leaning groups, donors
There is an active “weaponization” of the agency to target the far-right president’s political opponents and groups peacefully organizing against his administration’s destruction agenda.