Tag: human rights
3.2 million kids could be thrown off ‘childcare cliff’ in September—unless...
"Congress must take action to tackle the childcare crisis now."
The GOP’s attack on LGBTQ Americans, revealed
The tragic truth is that Don’t Say Gay Laws and health care bans will cause more young lives to be needlessly lost.
Where are the world’s water stresses?
Around the world, significant issues are negatively impacting water security. While the situation appears dire, cooperation initiatives show some signs of relief.
Republicans want to defund our libraries
Claiming to protect children, Republicans are going after libraries and librarians instead of the police, gun manufacturers, and actual child sexual abusers.
Amid growing anti-immigrant hate, 8 killed as driver plows into group...
“I can only describe it as a hate crime. It was motivated by hate.”
We must not dance, Harry Belafonte understood, to a billionaire beat
This epochal artist helped us see that justice for all requires a just distribution of wealth.
What’s really behind Republicans’ mounting transphobia?
And why all of us must speak out against it.
Who gets to talk about how police need to change?
A FAIR study of NYT coverage from George Floyd to Tyre Nichols
Six questions for a world that seems to be losing interest...
How do we shape a democratic future living in a zeitgeist that is tightening its grip across the globe?
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.
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China retaliates against Trump tariffs with sweeping countermeasures as global markets plummet
Beijing responds to Trump’s aggressive new tariffs with 34% duties on all U.S. goods, rare-earth export controls, and sanctions on U.S. firms, signaling a major escalation in the global trade war
Only 15 senators back effort to block arms to Israel as Gaza deaths surpass...
Despite an escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza and allegations of war crimes, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly rejected resolutions to halt $8.8 billion in weapons sales to Israel, with only 15 senators supporting the effort.
Ending militarism in America
Taking on the MICIMATT(SH)!
The Homeless Garden Project is opening new doors to helping the unhoused
This one-year program provides transitional employment, job training, and housing resources for people experiencing homelessness.
Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top...
Has this massive redistribution, driven by policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, reshaped the American economy?