SCOTUS opinion says states can block Medicaid money for health services at Planned Parenthood
Justice Neil Gorsuch and five other justices found that "while Medicaid law allows people choose their own provider, that does not make it a right enforceable in court in the case."
Big victory in fight to protect California’s coast from offshore fracking
“This is a big victory in the fight to protect California’s coast from offshore fracking’s toxic chemicals.”
Trump turns Pentagon into Department of War on First Amendment
Is this an authoritarian impulse?
Harvey Weinstein charged with rape
At least 71 men have fallen from power after similar accusations of sexual misconduct emerged during the #MeToo movement.
Healthcare ad spending exceeds $65 million in 2019 as insurance industry ramps up effort...
An Axios analysis released Wednesday found that spending on healthcare advertisements has exceeded $65 million in 2019 as dark money organizations, the insurance industry, and...
What’s the Point in Any of It?
One day, in one life, when the attractions of the sensory world have lost their charm, when we begin to see the truth of the Buddha’s words – that desire is cause of all suffering; when television, video games, sex, drugs and alcohol fail to fill the inner emptiness; when we sit in a pub with a friend and ask aloud, what the point of it all is.
Lessons from Tennessee: Confront hate and win
Outnumbered by more than three to one and late for their own event, the White Lives Matter demonstrators left.
Donald Trump’s addiction to violence
The president has normalized violence by emboldening the idea that it is the only viable political response to social problems.
VIDEO: Outrage Grows After Mysterious Death of #BlackLivesMatter Activist Sandra Bland in Texas Jail
Two days after an African-American woman was stopped by police, Sandy Bland was found dead in a jail cell. Now people are demanding answers about the #BlackLivesMatter activist's death.
It’s never been about the Second Amendment. It’s about corporate profits.
Our bought-and-paid-for politicians only hold the Constitution sacred when it aligns with corporate interests – like gun sales.







