VIDEO: After Marriage Equality and Obamacare, Mixed Results from SCOTUS on Abortion, Pollution, Executions
While the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage and Obamacare were favorable amongst the public, their rulings dealing with abortion access, air pollution, executions and elections were not so desirable.
UN panel condemns Israel for violating global Child Rights Treaty amid Gaza conflict
A UN report accuses Israel of severe violations of child rights in Gaza, citing alarming numbers of deaths, displacements, and injuries. The panel calls for urgent action, while Israel denies legal obligations under the treaty.
“Open season”: Heather Heyer’s mother slams new laws giving immunity to drivers who hit...
“Since when do we allow the public to become judge, jury and executioner?”
VIDEO: Outrage Grows After Mysterious Death of #BlackLivesMatter Activist Sandra Bland in Texas Jail
Two days after an African-American woman was stopped by police, Sandy Bland was found dead in a jail cell. Now people are demanding answers about the #BlackLivesMatter activist's death.
Whether Dealing With Jewish Refugees in ’30s or Syrians Today, U.S. Falls Short of...
Steve Jobs’s father was an immigrant from Syria. We need more like him, and we need fewer children washing up dead on beaches. If we’re going to bomb Syria, we need to take care of the displaced.
Time to Recover Productivity Gains Our Bosses Have Expropriated for Decades
If we can’t make the bosses pay more to their employees, the least we can do is make the them pay more into those workers’ Social Security fund. How to accomplish that? Just raise just the employer share of the payroll tax.
The Digital Dog Ate Our Civil-Liberties Homework: ‘It’s Just the Way It Is’
The surveillance state is a failure and suppressor of democracy and should not be the default setting of digital technology. It's time we get back to a democratic system, which is to be master.
Emails Show American Psychological Association Secretly Worked with Bush Admin to Enable Torture
It's confirmed through emails that the American Psychological Association aided government-sanctioned torture under President George W. Bush. Their secret coordination with the CIA’s torture program raises many questions.
At End of Warmest Year on Record, 'Alternative Nobel' Winner Bill McKibben Urges Action...
With this year being the warmest in recorded history, we begin the year with climate activist and author Bill McKibben voicing the dangers of not confronting global warming. Consider this a warning.
Hundreds arrested: Students across US protest for Palestine as campus crackdown intensifies
Student protests calling for university divestment from Israel and the U.S. arms industry have rocked campuses from coast to coast. The nonviolent...