Bernie Sanders’ surprise speech outside the White House on rejecting Dakota pipeline & Trump
“Today we are saying it is time for a new approach to the Native American people, not to run a pipeline through their land.”
Inside the campaign to abolish the subminimum wage in 25 states by 2026
"This is the only future for the service sector and the economy overall: wages must go up or there will be no future.”
As SCOTUS considers ‘extinguishing’ right to abortion, calls mount for Congress to ‘step up’
“Despite the protections that the legal framework like Roe provides, it has never been enough,” said one doctor. “We continue to work toward reproductive justice.”
Trump’s man with a plan … to suppress the vote nationwide
If Kris Kobach and his Republican allies get their hands on the data and succeed in suppressing the vote, then Trump may well be on his way to a landslide victory in 2020.
Trump’s call for police brutality is no joke
Donald Trump's call for police brutality was not his first public incitement to violence.
Millions of Americans believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows, study finds
The fact that some people – 16.4 million, to be precise – believe chocolate milk comes directly from a cow’s teat is a problem.
Lockdowns for the many, impunity for the few
“I was born in this county. I have never come across ill-feeling like this about anything. Everyone feels it is one law for us and one law for them. That is so unfair.”
Not your grandma’s civil rights strategy
Whose streets? (Then and now)
Appeals court upholds order limiting ICE arrests at Quaker, Sikh and Baptist houses of...
The Justice Department never argued a compelling government interest before the district court, and the Fourth Circuit held that defense waived.
Humanitarian Imperialism? All but Forgotten, South Sudan Unravels
A South Sudan that can’t guarantee basic rights to its citizens isn’t worthy of celebration, let alone international recognition.