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When a government becomes destructive of rights When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a people to dissolve…
In the twenty-first century, the religious right has something close to a stranglehold on public-facing Christianity. From Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump,…
Governments tend to define democracy as narrowly as possible. The story they tell goes as follows. You vote. The majority party takes…
The astronomer, science communicator, thinker, writer, and teacher Carl Sagan (1934–1996) had an influence as a scientist that is almost unimaginable today.…
Today these words can finally come out on paper, because the fear and the lump in the throat — for now —…
In a last-ditch effort to avoid extradition to the United States, lawyers for jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday appealed to…
The Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the right to an abortion is an act of White supremacy. But not in the way you…
In a blow to climate activism, the Supreme Court on Thursday severely limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to place emission caps…
As SCOTUS-watchers scrambled to stay abreast of a rush of rulings affecting climate, immigration, Indigenous rights, and other policy areas, the nation’s…
THIS IS IT. The moment for President Joe Biden and Congress to challenge the underlying legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court and advance an aggressive climate action agenda. There will be no better moment to take this stand.
An NPR/Ipsos poll released in January revealed that the overwhelming majority of Americans believe that U.S. democracy is “in crisis and at risk…
Posted in In These Times. I have met so many people through this fight,” says Nancy Bouldin of Monroe County, West…
Originally posted in Common Dreams. Amid widespread outrage over recent rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue another decision this…
Originally posted in LINKS: International Journal of Socialist Renewal. Russian feminists have been at the forefront of the opposition to Russian…
Originally posted in The Progressive Magazine. The federal right to abortion is over. It’s always been a matter of when and not…
Originally posted in Jacobin.“Workers are reaching out to our union in unprecedented numbers,” says Alan Hanson, organizing director for United Food and…
Originally posted in Counterpunch. One of the reasons that Russian media has been completely blocked in the West, along with the…
Originally posted in Common Dreams. Asserting that expanding the U.S. Supreme Court from nine to 13 members is the best way to protect…
Originally posted in Resilience. In the remote rural village of Dauphin, in the Canadian province of Manitoba, economists tried out an unusual…
Originally posted in Jacobin. “If we say Amazon is the biggest opportunity for people here, that is an understatement,” says Matt Littrell,…
