Videos Capture LAPD Killing Homeless Man on Skid Row
After a homeless man allegedly resisted arrest, LAPD officers fatally gunned him down on Skid Row. Recording of the incident on witnesses’ cell phones along with police officers' body cameras will be used in the investigation into the shooting.
PETA Proposes Shareholder Vote to Return SeaWorld Animals to the Ocean
PETA recently submitted a shareholder resolution to retire SeaWorld’s captive animals as attendance, revenue and stock prices continue to plummet. Will PETA win the shareholder vote?
Here is how we can keep women safe from sexual violence
We need to rethink and reassess it and focus on how to stop the harassing behavior irrespective of how women dress or act.
Federal judge blocks construction of Keystone XL pipeline over climate concerns
“The Department … simply discarded prior factual findings related to climate change to support its course reversal.”
Three months after Missouri voted to make abortion legal, access is still being blocked
Are anti-abortion lawmakers strategizing to prevent a return of abortion services?
Groups sue feds to halt fracking in Ohio’s only national forest
“There's no escaping the truth about what fracking will do to Wayne National Forest. Quite simply, it will destroy it.”
DOJ Reaches Agreement to Reform Cleveland Police Brutality
The Department of Justice found that a pattern of excessive force has eroded public confidence in the Cleveland Police Department. How will they repair the distrust between the community and the people they protect?
Reforming Democracy From the Grassroots Up
Frustrated by a somnolent Congress, a bipartisan group is tackling campaign finance reform one city at a time.
Close the audit gap
Millionaires who skip their taxes should get audited, not the working poor. Closing that gap isn’t just fair — it’s essential to protect our democracy.
From Palestine to Black Lives Matter
"I want to see more conversation about what it is going to take to preserve the quality of life of black people in this country, who are being systematically murdered, incarcerated, and otherwise marginalized and disenfranchised."