Friday, May 3, 2024

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Media acknowledge drive to defund police—but seek to blunt its radical...

Today, even as ideas for police reform that barely surfaced in corporate media in the past are becoming part of the mainstream conversation, media continue to try to steer that conversation away from its radical edge.

7 ways protestors showed up for black lives

Amidst the pent-up anger, exhaustion, and fear experienced by Black, Brown, and Indigenous people facing structural racism and systemic disparities, are glimpses of solidarity and hope.

Eruptions of rage in Minneapolis and across the US over the...

The reason these other cities are seeing these uprisings in response to the police murder of George Floyd is because each of these cities has it’s own brutal, militarized police force which regularly abuses black and poor people too.

Watch: This is what it looks like when the response to...

These were just some of the outrageous and violent scenes captured on video Saturday night amid demonstrations and uprisings in cities across the U.S. in protest of the killing of George Floyd.

Secretive right-wing nonprofit plays role in COVID-19 organizing

Steve Moore and FreedomWorks have been helping coordinate on-the-ground lockdown protests.

Policing and protest in a pandemic

The progressive left continues to organize online for what comes after this crisis, hoping to ensure that life doesn’t easily return to the kind of ‘normal’ that allowed injustices.

May Day People’s Strike! Target, Amazon, Instacart workers demand safe conditions...

“The corporations and the government are willing to sacrifice tens of thousands of us. We have to put people before profits.”

ReOpen America rally-goers are members of Trump’s death cult

This past week, protests erupted calling for a 'reopening of America,' which is the obvious conclusion to the election of Donald Trump to the Presidency.

COVID-19 ‘liberate’ groups are the same ones pushing climate denial

The well-funded machinery that sowed doubt about climate is now sowing seeds of doubt over the economic and public health response to COVID-19.

Will SCOTUS protect the right to protest?

The lawsuit, which should have been swiftly dismissed, now threatens the First Amendment rights of millions.

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Fossil fuel tax could unlock $720 billion for climate crisis, new report finds

The Climate Damages Tax aims to rectify historical injustices and provide a tangible pathway towards a more sustainable and just world.

EPA proposes ban on pesticide widely used on fruits and vegetables

In calling for an end to all uses of the pesticide on food, the agency cited evidence that acephate harms workers who apply the chemical as well as the general public and young children.

New report finds Tyson Foods dumped pollutants into US waterways for years

The wastewater analyzed consisted of pathogens and microorganisms and slaughterhouse byproducts, such as body parts of animals, feces and blood.

Bernie Sanders speaks out: Criticizing Israeli policy is not antisemitism

Amid national debate over Gaza protests, Senator Bernie Sanders challenges the narrative equating criticism of Israel with antisemitism, drawing on his personal history and widespread American discontent.
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Should billionaires exist?

If capitalism were working properly, billionaires would have gone the way of the dodo.