3 things you can do to help avoid climate disaster
Hint: Putting solar panels on your house and walking to work are not on the list.
Martin Shkreli’s former lawyer convicted for fraud scheme
Greebel was convicted on Wednesday of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
How a grad student uncovered the largest known slave auction in the US
Lauren Davila made a stunning discovery as a graduate student at the College of Charleston: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet identified.
Dishing out Poverty Wages on Capitol Hill
Lawmakers are shafting the underpaid workers who prepare their meals. Wages are less than $11 an hour, well below the very expensive cost of living in the Washington area.
The Era Of Private Prisons May Soon Be Over
Homeland Security will review the use of private prisons for immigrant detention.
Sanders backs renewed push for ban on Dark Money in democratic primaries
"If Democrats really believe in democracy and campaign finance reform, we must ban super PACs in primaries," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Watch the unedited version of “Trump’s wall” Super Bowl ad that was censored
According to the building supplies business, the intent was to illustrate the company’s commitment to the great American tradition of immigration – not make an overt political statement.
Lobbyist for Dakota Access formerly led army’s “restore Iraqi oil” program
“The administration seems to be buying time to maintain the status quo and profits for fossil fuel investors.”
Resistance works
How small groups took on great powers and won a victory for decolonization, Africa, indigenous peoples, and more.
How union membership leads to a great life
Unions anchor millions of Americans in the middle class, enabling these workers to leverage a stronger work-life balance than peers at nonunion workplaces.