Support the growing Sanders-AOC anti-oligarchy, class-warfare protest rallies
The surging Sanders/AOC class-war juggernaut confronts super PACs payola billions while pushing its humanistic, “democratic socialist” agenda to rebalance unjust wealth inequality.
French activists and lawmakers fight to ban Black Friday
French politicians and activists say prohibiting Black Friday would help prevent waste and overconsumption.
Slave labor found at Starbucks-certified Brazil coffee plantation
Investigators have found that laborers on the farm’s coffee plantations were working under degrading conditions and living in substandard housing without sewerage or drinking water.
Move to open US Atlantic coast to oil drilling meets increased opposition
The Trump Administration has taken steps to open up the United States’ Atlantic waters to offshore oil exploration and drilling, sparking fierce resistance up and down the coast.
Former police chief sentenced to prison for assaulting handcuffed man
U.S. District Judge Leonard Wexler referred to the former police chief as a “dictator.”
The many ways to help Standing Rock
Even if you can’t show up at the wintry encampments, you can join water protectors in other ways: from calling the North Dakota governor to breaking up with your bank.
Senate parliamentarian says minimum wage increase cannot be in relief bill, Progressives urge VP...
“This is not a difficult decision. Use your power. Keep $15 in.”
Bruno Mars donates $1 million to Flint water crisis relief effort
“Ongoing challenges remain years later for Flint residents, and it’s important that we don’t forget our brothers and sisters affected by this disaster.”
End trans detention: Biden admin urged to release trans & HIV+ asylum seekers after...
“Many are rejected from their homes. They’re not supported and held with everything that they deserve. And they have no choice but to be out on the streets, trying to survive.”
NOC on the ground – Tennessee stands up to white supremacy
NationofChange's Zach D. Roberts reports from on the ground in Tennessee, where multiple white supremacist groups plan to converge this weekend for a series of marches and rallies.