Tag: death
The civilian deaths you haven’t heard about
The casualties of America's never-ending global war on terror.
As US mourns 500,000 lives lost, report shows billionaires added $1.3...
"Taxing those who have experienced windfall wealth gains to pay for COVID relief and recovery is a matter of equity and justice."
9-year-old girl’s asthma death officially linked to air pollution in unprecedented...
"Toxic air pollution is a public health crisis, especially for our children, and the inquest underlined yet again the importance of pushing ahead with bold policies such as expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone to inner London."
Rest in power, Kevin Zeese
Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
America’s suicide epidemic
On a problem that literally has life-and-death significance for a pivotal portion of his base, Trump has been AWOL.
How colonization of the Americas killed 90 percent of their Indigenous...
There is now scientific evidence that links climate change to the first encounter and the cumulative destruction of Indigenous societies.
GOP House members reprimand racist Steve King – while silent on systemic...
Regardless of immigration status or increased agency authority – child abuse remains a federal felony.
‘This must end. Now.:’ 8-year-old boy dies in US border patrol...
"A reminder that, yes, this is who the U.S. is. The U.S. is a country that murders children both directly and indirectly in a myriad of ways."
South Carolina: Two women from mental health facility drown in flood...
“There are a lot of questions remaining about why this had to occur then, why there couldn’t have been some sort of an emergency delay.”
Death on the Dakota Access: Oil & gas boom generates dangerous...
We speak with Antonia Juhasz, a longtime oil and energy journalist, about her new investigation for Pacific Standard magazine on the deaths of two men who worked on the Dakota Access pipeline.
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‘Important victory’ for Florida higher ed: court upholds block on DeSantis censorship law
"This is an important step in preserving the truth, civil liberties, and a better future," said one state ACLU attorney.
Who’s in control of how we remember the Iraq War?
“All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.” --Viet Thanh Nguyen
Global freshwater demand will exceed supply 40% by 2030, experts warn
“The scientific evidence is that we have a water crisis. We are misusing water, polluting water, and changing the whole global hydrological cycle, through what we are doing to the climate. It’s a triple crisis.”
Michigan opens the door to restoring union power
For the first time in nearly 60 years, a state is poised to reverse its “right to work” law and begin to undo the damage of a corporate-driven anti-union trend.
Two questions about Trump and Republicans that stump progressives
At a time when the country is tearing itself apart, when progressives and conservatives each see the other as immoral and un-American, we must begin to understand why this is happening.