Flush the TPP
President Barack Obama and the Republicans are united when it comes to so-called free-trade agreements. While Obama has been negotiating the agreements, which increase corporate power, grass-roots activists are organizing against the TPP.
Net neutrality
The biggest loser would be the internet itself, which would be made to surrender its determinedly democratic ethic to the plutocratic rule of corporate profiteers.
Will Trump give America’s science lead to China?
The world will not stand still while Trump walks the nation’s science and technology into mere clay.
How the Trump administration wields the federal government’s power over public education
With the help of the U.S. Supreme Court and congressional Republicans, Trump is turning public education into the great unequalizer.
Can the world save Palestine from US-Israeli genocide?
The UN General Assembly's scheduled meeting is an opportunity for the world community to clearly express its opposition to Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine.
The Prison State of America
The "carceral state” we live in will not be reformed through elections, or by appealing to political elites or the courts. We are caught in a prison state and lockdown of American politics.
Syria’s Aleppo falling: Moscow is a player in the region again
Russia’s success in shaping the outcome of the Syrian struggle has made Moscow a player in the region again for the first time since the fall of the old Soviet Union.
Internet freedom is fundamental, we might lose it
If the people are mobilized and they are joined by tech companies and those that provide content for the Internet, we can defeat Pai and the telecoms.
The public’s viewpoint: Regulations are protections
When you hear Regulations are Protections for the Public, think of the details and the consequences. Go beyond the words. Act positively.
Six lessons the remorseless siege against procreative rights can teach the left
Secular democracy, as in majority rule, is just as threatened by religious fanaticism as it is by looming dictatorship.