Tag: 2015
2015 Was the World’s Warmest Year—and 2016 Might Be Even Hotter
Scientists say the record-breaking high temperatures are a clear sign that climate change is accelerating.
18 Police Officers Charged in Fatal Shootings in 2015
The tally does not include the six Baltimore officers charged with causing Freddie Gray’s fatal spinal injuries.
New Year’s Resolutions: Ten Ways to Combat Upward Redistribution of Income
The one percent pretend that their good fortune was the result of the natural workings of the market. Is it possible to change the structure of the market so that money doesn’t continue to flow upward?
Video: Out with 2014, In with 2015 and Up with People
It's time we organize, mobilize, energize and make a ruckus. Never underestimate what we can, and will, accomplish together in 2015.
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What’s Trump’s escape valve when (or if) he realizes he’s losing? Bluster ...
There could be greater disruption than Jan. 6, but the enormous, co-ordinated might of law and order won’t get ambushed again.
Undebatable: What Harris and Trump could not say about Israel and Gaza
Silence is a blanket that smothers genuine democratic discourse and the outcries of moral voices. Making those voices inaudible is a key goal for the functioning of the warfare state.
Majority of US voters back legal action against plastics industry over recycling deception
The survey, conducted by the Center for Climate Integrity (CCI) and Data for Progress, shows that 70 percent of likely U.S. voters would support legal action to hold the plastics and fossil fuel industries accountable for alleged deception.
60 years after Lyndon Johnson’s ‘daisy ad,’ the silence on nuclear war is dangerous
Today, a campaign ad akin to the daisy spot is hard to imagine from the Democratic or Republican nominee to be commander in chief, who seem content to bypass the subject of nuclear-war dangers.
US bombs used in deadly strike on Gaza tent city, dozens killed
The attack, which Israel claims was aimed at Hamas militants, has drawn sharp criticism for the civilian casualties, especially since the bombs used were reportedly supplied by the United States.