How we won the ‘no’ in #NoDAPL – and what we must take on...
Native-led direct action and solidarity are the foundation stones as we continue to protect our water and Mother Earth.
The left is losing the war on education. Here’s how we can win again.
After years of retreat, it’s time for a different tactic in the war on education.
The scary rise of private intelligence companies
In almost every aspect of life, things that used to be done by governments are being outsourced to the private sector with often predictably bad results.
Minneapolis agrees to pay $20M to family of unarmed woman killed by police
“There was not a clear threat before the use of force was made. This is not a victory for anyone, but rather a way for our city to move forward.”
We found over 700 doctors who were paid more than a million dollars by...
Back in 2013, ProPublica detailed what seemed a stunning development in the pharmaceutical industry’s drive to win the prescription pads of the...
Should we entrust our schoolchildren to corporate profiteers?
The DeVos couple are pushing plutocratic policies that reject our country's one-for-all, all-for-one egalitarianism.
Not all insurrections are equal
Rebellions of the enslaved can aptly be classified as insurrections. This much is clear as we debate the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
In Post-Olympics Brazil, A Political Coup Is No Game
Brazil is a remarkable country, with more than 200 million people, a vibrant culture, a huge economy and, with the majority of the threatened Amazon rainforest within its borders, a vital role to play in the fight to limit human-induced climate change.
How to get banks not to fund oil pipelines? Aim big and keep showing...
A few months after temporarily shutting down 13 Chase branches, Seattle climate activists were at it again with a tar sands petition.
Activists working to defund Baltimore’s police face roadblocks
While grassroots activists have made progress on the aforementioned fronts, the demand to defund police remains stubbornly out of reach—for now.