Protests planned nationwide as vote on FCC’s ‘catastrophic’ plan to kill net neutrality looms
Open internet supporters are demanding that lawmakers answer a simple question: "Do you stand for your constituents' ability to communicate and connect, or do you stand for Verizon's bottom line?"
Exclusive: Portraits of Trump Supporters
Think you know what Trump supporters are like? Take a look at the pictures below, you may be surprised.
Texas court sidesteps anti-judge shopping reforms, fueling conservative legal strategies
The Northern District of Texas defies guidance aimed at ending "judge shopping," maintaining a status quo that lets conservative litigants choose their judges, igniting debates on judicial fairness.
For Future Summer Olympics, Climate Change Is No Game
At the U.S. Olympic marathon trials held in Los Angeles to choose the team for the Rio Olympic Games this year, 30 percent of the runners dropped out of the race due to the heat. It will be even worse 4 years from now.
Parkland dad Fred Guttenberg: Voters must reject racist, anti-semitic NRA on election day
As the nation reels from the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre and the Kentucky grocery store killing of two African Americans, Guttenberg is calling on voters to elect politicians who stand for gun control in next week’s midterm elections.
How grassroots union activists fight Trump, Republican callousness
One man is battling the callousness of Donald Trump and congressional Republicans, who have the power to help but prefer to inflict additional hardships on the people they ostensibly represent.
How New Yorkers stood up to Amazon and won
Queens activists, unions, and political leaders worried about gentrification and opposed the $1.2 billion in tax breaks offered to the retail giant.
Lobbyist for Dakota Access formerly led army’s “restore Iraqi oil” program
“The administration seems to be buying time to maintain the status quo and profits for fossil fuel investors.”
‘A Green New Deal, but for guns’: Parkland students propose groundbreaking gun policy
"If we require a license to drive a car, we should certainly require a license to own a gun."
The Left needs to be a movement, not a bunch of lobbyists
We need to focus on big demands and big issues that benefit all but the ruling elites and that will fundamentally change the way the country operates.