From trans rights to treaty rights, the U.S. Supreme Court breaks progressive?
While American progressives will need a laser focus on the courts in the years ahead, these four decisions will likely reverberate around the world and create new possibilities for justice in many places beyond the country’s borders.
Not your grandma’s civil rights strategy
Whose streets? (Then and now)
Landmark decision: Brazil Supreme Court sides with Indigenous land rights
The country’s Supreme Court has agreed to review the process around a past case that cancelled the demarcation of an Indigenous territory claimed by the Guarani Kaiowá people.
Former Philadelphia cop charged with murder of unarmed man
A former Philadelphia police officer was recently charged with first degree murder, third degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, and possession of an instrument of crime.
What do Louisiana pipeline explosion and Dakota Access pipeline have in common? Phillips 66
Aging pipelines are seen as a major issue that could create catastrophes.
Why the only answer is to break up the biggest Wall Street banks
Why should banks ever be permitted to use peoples’ bank deposits – insured by the federal government – to place risky bets on the banks’ own behalf?
Hundreds of peace activists are marching from Berlin to Aleppo
"For us, we took it as our sign, which symbolizes for us the struggle for peace, democracy and freedom. A community … united against the killing.”
Curbing the Soda Industry’s Influence, One County at a Time
Colorado's Boulder County Board of Health will not take donations of any kind from the beverage industry.
‘We don’t have to live this way’: St. Louis school gunman armed with AR-15,...
"Republicans will tell you the solution is some more guns. On November 8, you need to tell them they're full of shit."
Milwaukee agrees to pay $6.75M to family of inmate who died of dehydration
The officers responsible for the inmate’s death were charged with neglect, misconduct, and obstruction.