Tag: human rights
Ending gender-based violence key to health and well-being
While more evidence on preventing violence and supporting survivors is needed, the time for action is now.
Federal judge grants stay against Trump’s immigration ban
“This executive order runs contrary to really our most fundamental constitutional rights and human values in this country.”
MLK’s dream of housing equality
Housing was a key part of King’s vision for economic justice, but most black Americans don’t own homes.
Six reasons why Trump’s wall is even dumber than most of...
Trump lives in a fact-free universe designed merely to enhance his power and fuel his demagoguery. But you don’t have to, and nor does anyone else.
America has unofficially declared war on the homeless
Anti-homeless laws are cruel, unconstitutional, and create more hardship for those targeted, making it harder for them to get back on their feet.
The Right Staff
A new movie about the African-American women mathematicians in the NASA space program adds critical depth and detail to the legend of The Right Stuff.
What student protests tell us about America under Trump
They’re telling us it’s time for bold stands, not wait-and-see equivocations in the face of rising hatred and discrimination in the nation.
Sorry, I can’t give Trump a chance
Our democracy is too important to play nice with a man who campaigned on undermining it.
Bernie Sanders calls for Trump to ax Bannon; Urges new admin...
“And I say to Mr. Trump, from the bottom of my heart, and I know I speak for millions of fellow Americans: Mr. Trump, we are not going backwards in terms of bigotry.”
Parents receive $9 million settlement after police kill handcuffed son
The state of Missouri is paying the Ellingson family for their loss.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.