In unanimous ruling, Mexican Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion
One reproductive rights organizer called the historic decision "an enormous step toward legalization in the entire country."
Blueprint for Post-9/11 Surveillance: U.S. Began Bulk Collection of Phone Call Data in 1992
Evidently, the federal government has been secretly tracking phone calls years before the 9/11 attacks. It was the Justice Department and Drug Enforcement Administration back in 1992 that paved the way for NSA in 2001.
Trump and crony Postmaster’s attack on the USPS threatens nation’s rural residents, not just...
Postal service cuts are bad for public health...
The Age of the Demagogues
Are we in an age of demagogues? The collapse of our political and cultural institutions has turned charlatans and thugs such as presidential hopeful Donald Trump into viable candidates.
Is Violent Change Inevitable in Ethiopia?
We are living in unprecedented times, times of tremendous opportunity and potential change; out of step with the times the days are numbered for regimes like the EPRDF – it is a question of when they collapse – not if.
World leaders’ lack of urgency to fight climate crisis hangs over UN General Assembly
“Climate change ignores power politics. It doesn’t care how many armies you have, how many weapons you have… We saw in the pandemic when we don’t organize collectively how damaging it is. Climate is just much worse.”
Former UN President Arrested in Chinese Bribery Scheme
John Ashe, the former president of the United Nations General Assembly, was arrested after he was accused of accepting over $1 million in bribes in exchange for political favors. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara vows to "root out public corruption" at every level.
Celebrating the Flash Crash with a Wall Street Sales Tax
As we celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Flash Crash, we can also celebrate a possible policy that will take mostly from the rich and raise a huge amount of money by raising the cost of financial transactions.
Bunker-busting ‘of the people, by the people, for the people’
The cost for shunning what Jesus begot –/ Lip service that cracks our melting pot.
How we take back the Supreme Court
Wherever you imagine yourself and your family forty years from now, you will still be feeling the effects of this year’s election.






