The police will keep killing us until we stop criminalizing blackness and poverty
The murder of Harith “Snoop” Augustus by Chicago police is the latest reminder that we must hold our elected officials accountable for upholding a system that devalues Black life.
Snowden Docs: NSA Technology Lets Gov’t Generate Transcripts of Private Phone Calls
According to documents released by whistleblower Edward Snowden, it's confirmed that the National Security Agency is converting people’s private phone conversations into searchable text. But isn' this a violation of American's human rights?
Climate Change All But Ignored Again at Presidential Debate
"Climate change demands the attention of both candidates and their parties, and it is shameful that it was given so little."
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.
First nations celebrate win against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
Here’s how indigenous leaders pulled together a grassroots movement to resist the pipeline expansion.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on environmental justice, shutting down pipelines, capitalism & billionaires
The way I see this is you make the concrete commitment on finances, you make the concrete commitment on bringing people together, and then you ask the communities to identify what needs to be done.
Unpacking Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination hearings
If confirmed to the Supreme Court, she would replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, for whom Jackson formerly clerked.
New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $25 billion over misleading privacy statements
A jury found 43.9 million violations tied to Cambridge Analytica, and the judge cut a roughly $219 billion maximum to $25 billion
Chicago police need “overhaul” after foot chases led to Alvarez & Toledo killings within...
“There is this real sense that Brown and Black lives, they don’t have the value that they should when Chicago police officers confront our youth.”
Big Brother/NSA Spies Stopped In Their Tracks; But for How Long?
A decision was recently made saying the NSA surveillance program goes beyond what is appropriate under the Patriot Act. With the Patriot Act up for renewal in a couple weeks, this ruling will hopefully get U.S. citizens to rise up and demand this government respect their privacy.








