Thursday, April 18, 2024

Trump bashes Puerto Rico mayor and victims of Hurricane Maria

President Trump has pledged federal help to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, but a date has not been set to send help and funds.

All sides move quickly as Dakota Access Pipeline nears the river

Recent Standing Rock drone footage makes it clear that time is running out in the Dakota Access battle, and the fight for control of this land is becoming more urgent.

Rethinking energy and justice in the Trump era

Local, community-based leadership is needed now more than ever to build the next economy—one that doesn’t pollute poor people, and send the money to rich people elsewhere.

Donna Brazile, the DNC, and democratizing the Democrats

Democrats have no time to lose. The world is teetering on the edge of disaster, and so is their party.

‘Stealth attack on social security’: Trump condemned for exploiting coronavirus crisis to push payroll...

“This is a Trojan Horse attack on our Social Security system.”

San Francisco judges dismiss 66,000 arrest warrants against the city’s homeless

San Francisco chief judge John Stewart and his colleagues dismissed thousands of cases against the homeless for “quality-of-life” crimes such as sleeping on sidewalks because it “was the right thing to do.”

This must be a dream!

As long as a majority of us keep thinking that it is OK to have this Military Industrial Empire, and it only needs a bit of tweaking, are falling for the hype and spin.

Florida’s Voting Rights Restoration Initiative could restore rights for a million voters

Hopefully, come November 2018, Florida will put an end to mass disenfranchisement and will restore voting rights to the thousands of citizens who have earned their right to vote.

Bailout for the American people: Rep. Ilhan Omar introduces Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act

"In 2008, we bailed out Wall Street. This time, it's time to bail out the American people who are suffering."