Beyond resistance: The story of 2016
Maybe someday we’ll look back and say this was the year a revolution began.
White House Fence Jumper Sentenced to Prison for Armed Intrusion
Omar Gonzalez, who exposed major flaws in the Secret Service when he scaled the White House fence, was sentenced to 17 months in prison. Will improved failing leadership and tightened security solve the string of scandals and misconduct?
4 ways reparations can address racial inequality in education
Unequal schools are one of many manifestations of systemic racism. Changing the way schools are financed and homeowners are taxed can be a vehicle for reparations.
Alabama cop arrested on drug and domestic violence charges
The drug charge is a felony and the domestic violence charge is a misdemeanor.
More seeds for transformation planted this week
The U.S.’ acts against people and the planet make the era of transformation more likely.
Bundys vs. c: Armed white militia leaders walk free as Native Americans face police...
The tribe says militia members mishandled tribal artifacts and bulldozed sacred sites. Militia leaders Ammon and Ryan Bundy still face federal charges related to an armed standoff in Nevada in 2014.
‘A king above the law’: Supreme Court rules presidents have broad immunity from prosecution
The ruling upends more than two centuries of legal precedent, for the first time shielding U.S. presidents from criminal accountability.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, September 24
Nationwide walkout for sexual assault survivors, Kavanaugh struggles with more questions, undocumented immigrants refuse to testify on domestic abuse, and more.
Racist voter suppression revealed in a small-town voter fraud trial
As the nation faces demographic shifts, the push to suppress voting intensifies.
Former cop charged with assaulting unarmed jaywalker on video
Hickman was charged with assault by strangulation, assault inflicting serious injury, and communicating threats.