Tag: 2018
2018: The year of Day Zero and the mega-drought
That drier (and warmer) future appears to be arriving much faster than expected for places like Cape Town and Phoenix. And yet business-as-usual seems to still be the order of the day.
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2018 around the world
"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization, but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights."
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How corporations hope to eviscerate workers’ right to strike
Corporations so fear this kind of worker power that they’re asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rig the scales and help them kill future strikes before they even begin.
Can the Military-Industrial Complex be tamed?
Cutting the Pentagon's budget in half would finally force the generals to think.
‘Death sentence for women and families’: US court blocks domestic violence gun ban
The court ruled that the law prohibiting people with domestic violence restraining orders from owning guns "fails to pass constitutional muster," and that the ban is an outlier "that our ancestors never would have accepted."
Department of Veteran Affairs exceeds goal of providing safe, stable homes to veterans in...
The VA permanently housed 40,401 homeless veterans.
Nearly 14,000 Nigerian farmers and fishers sue Shell for destroying their livelihoods with oil...
Individuals and institutions from two communities have filed claims against Shell, calling on the company to clean up the devastating pollution and compensate them for its effects.