Pentagon to lift Trump-era ban on transgender troops
“Trans rights are human rights,” said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, “and on this #TransDayOfVisibility, I’m pleased to announce we've updated DoD policy on the open service of transgender individuals.”
Biden announces another round of student loan forgiveness
More than 150,000 people will qualify for another round of federal loan forgiveness the Biden administration announced on Monday. Roughly $4.2 billion...
Kenya joins growing fight against plastic pollution
Kenya's plastic bag ban, which begins in September, will require sweeping changes to business as usual.
An open letter to a lame (Donald) duck
You’re fired!
Signs of a Dying Society
While Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning and John Kiriakou are vilified for revealing vital information about spying and bombing and torture, a man who...
Taking on ‘Mayor 1 Percent’
Reclaim Chicago is a campaign to put people’s candidates up against incumbent city council members who’ve been "tail-wagging lapdogs for Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s corporate rule." It's time a winning people’s movement makes a change in Chicago.
A world at the edge
What planet will our children and grandchildren inherit?
Trump is running for a third term. SCOTUS will let him. Democrats have to...
How far the Democrats ultimately go in providing justice and accountability depends entirely on how much the American people push them.
75,000 trees donated so far to ‘Trump forest’ to offset president’s climate destruction
"We're not going to get ahead of this problem if people don't understand what it is."
The folk singer vs. the millionaire: A Berniecrat aims for Montana’s house seat
Rob Quist’s House campaign draws on Montana’s populist spirit.