Fast Food Workers in Kentucky Stand Up to Global Billion-Dollar Corporation in Union Vote
This Wednesday, cooks and cashiers at Morehead State University (MSU) will vote to unionize in order to bargain for a liveable wage. The workers are employed by Aramark, whose top executive makes 1,817 times more per year than their average worker.
The Ukraine moment
Lessons from the War on Terror.
Four years after Eric Garner’s killing in police chokehold, his family still seeks accountability
Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who applied the fatal chokehold, continues to work for the New York Police Department on paid desk duty and has received multiple raises since Garner’s death.
Ferguson Refuses To Make Police Reforms Proposed By The DOJ
By failing to accept some of the terms of the decree, Ferguson may now be slapped with a federal lawsuit.
Corrupt State Senator Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
“The crimes that you committed have resulted in essentially an attack on democratic institutions." Former state senator Leland Yee was sentenced to five years in prison.
US Judge orders stretch of Enbridge Line 5 shut down on tribal land
"But for the theft of Indigenous lands," said environmental activist and attorney Steven Donziger, "this pipeline would not even exist."
Hundreds march to protest Keystone XL on eve of public hearings
Nebraska residents believe that the pipeline threatens water supplies as well as Nebraska farmland.
Eating our way to disease
We need to stop believing the lie that we require animal products in our diet for protein, calcium, iron, omega-3s or any other nutrient.
The end of Roe v. Wade would likely embolden global anti-abortion activists and politicians
If the US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade this year, it will mean the end of a decision that has survived 49 years worth of hostile legal challenges.
LAPD Chief Rebukes Officers for Killing Another Unarmed Homeless Man
Two officers have received harsh disapproval after a security video revealed the killing of an unarmed homeless man in Venice, California. And LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said there was no justifying their actions in taking the unarmed man’s life—just another example of police brutality.







