The grassroots opposition to President Donald Trump is hitting the streets everywhere.
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Could Florida's Youth Tip The Scales In 2018 Midterms?
In 2014, less than a quarter of the students at University of Florida voted. Now, “I really do see a shift happening. Many students are eager to vote,” a current student said.
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"One of Most Disturbing Articles I Have Ever Read" Scientist Says of Study Detailing Climate-Driven "Bugpocalypse"
The human-caused climate crisis has sparked a global "bugpocalypse" that will only continue to accelerate in the absence of systemic action to curb planetary warming.
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How YouTube Rightwing Extremists Became the Internet Mainstream
Exploring so called “alternative media” on YouTube will make you end up watching white supremacists. Both Google’s greed and the carelessness of mainstream conservatives are to blame.
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Groundbreaking Youth Climate Lawsuit Against U.S. Government Can Proceed
A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration's last-ditch efforts to derail a landmark constitutional climate lawsuit brought by 21 youth plaintiffs. The trial start date is Oct. 29 in Eugene, Oregon.
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Maine’s Radical Universal Home Health Care Proposition
The Maine People’s Alliance, a grassroots organization, collected 67,000 signatures to get a measure on the November ballot that would provide home health care to all Maine residents.
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Legalizing Recreational Marijuana, Canada Begins a National Experiment
Canada on Wednesday became the first major world economy to legalize recreational marijuana, beginning a national experiment that will alter the country’s social, cultural and economic fabric, and present the nation with its biggest public policy challenge in decades.
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Transgender Self-ID Law Raises Passions, and Conflict, in the U.K.
The British government this week is weighing controversial changes to the existing Gender Recognition Act, asking the public whether they believe trans people should be allowed to “self-ID.”
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90,000 Voters Purged in Vegas and Reno Could Tip the Senate
On Monday, the Palast Investigative Fund announced it was releasing the names of 90,000 Nevada residents purged from the voter rolls based on flawed evidence that indicates they have moved.
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No More Crime and Punishment: The National Prison Strike of 2018, Part I
Depending how you look at it, our country's prison system is either a raging success – helping line the pockets of prison investors and those gaining from cheap prison labor – or a total failure.
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Banking on the Future of Los Angeles: Why We Need Charter Amendment B
Angelenos are no longer interested in business-as-usual politics. They want to see progressive reforms in the people’s best interest — and creating a public bank is the clearest example of that.
