How modern tech is helping the fight against conflict diamonds
With many of these technologies becoming common within the industry, we might soon live in a world without conflict diamonds, which should contribute to peace and stability in war-torn areas of the world – at least in the long run.
Border Patrol SUV hits Native American man on video
“We do not tolerate misconduct on or off duty and will fully cooperate with all investigations of alleged unlawful conduct by our personnel.”
Progressive Briefing for Monday, July 2, 2018
Protestors march against Trump's immigration policies, San Francisco becomes first major city to have $15 minimum wage, and more.
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Fourth of July
The long-imprisoned revolutionary and author, who disdains the current political theater, says the broken, racist American system "has to be torn up, root and branch," to halt the war waged on the poor by the corporate state.
Justice for Stephon Clark: Protests erupt as DA fails to charge cops who killed...
This marks the 34th consecutive police shooting review in which Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert found that the officers acted legally, according to The Sacramento Bee.
Nonviolent discipline is helping turn the tide on ICE
Despite brutal provocation, the people of Minneapolis have been courageous and remarkably nonviolent, embodying the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.
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.
Don’t let youth climate activists like me burn out
To all the COP26 delegates and others with power over what happens at this conference: Please show us that you’ve heard us.
‘Real men’ talk: Interviews between Robert Jensen and Barry Doak
As radical feminists/male allies/men we need to take control of the conversation on issues like prostitution, pornography and toxic masculinity.
Republican’s treacherous health care plan: betrayal of the American people
What kind of human beings would do this to their fellow human beings?