We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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10 Of The Most Harmful And Disastrous Opinions Of Antonin Scalia’s Career – With Quotes
In his decades-long appointment as a Supreme Court Justice, Scalia worked diligently against the forces of social justice – and his insane originalist philosophy had a major impact on modern conservatism.
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State Media Troubles: Is the BBC Biased, Banker-Friendly and Corrupt?
On January 6, the BBC stage-managed the resignation of MP Stephen Doughty live on its afternoon Politics Show, and Prime Minister David Cameron used the news to deflect attention away from the flood crisis in North England.
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Greece's Varoufakis Leads New Democracy Movement "That Starts Everywhere In Europe At Once"
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis last week announced the launch of a pan-European progressive movement, Diem25, to "democratize" the continent and promote alternatives to austerity and authoritarianism.
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Death By Inequality: Rich Are Living Longer While Poor Are Dying Sooner
Experts have long known that rich people generally live longer than poor people.
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New UK Health Contract A Disaster: "I Can't Work For A Government That Clearly Despises Me"
Defying an unprecedented wave of strikes by the British medical establishment, the government announced last week that junior doctors must accept increased working hours, reduced pay and a removal of safeguards against overworking.
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How Does Davos Man Plan To Tackle Inequality?
The World Economic Forum is finally talking about inequality rather than ignoring it – but Davos will never be a place to look for solutions because it fails to turn social responsibility rhetoric into practice, and its policies exacerbate inequality.
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Berning of America: When the Impossible Becomes Inevitable
What’s happening in America right now doesn’t come as a surprise to those who have been trying to shed light on so many social injustices our country is facing.
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The NYPD Has Tracked Citizens’ Cellphones 1,000 Times Since 2008 Without Warrants
According to records obtained by New York Civil Liberties Union, the country's most powerful police force tracks cellphones using "stingrays," which have no guiding legal policy.
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UN Panel Calls On U.K. and Sweden to End Julian Assange's "Deprivation of Liberty"
The WikiLeaks founder has been arbitrarily detained by the U.K. and Sweden for more than five years and should be released immediately with compensation, according to a Geneva-based UN working group on arbitrary detention.
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Environmentalists and Indigenous People Flex New Muscle In Canada's Resource Wars
A major obstacle facing new oil transport projects is the strong resistance from Canada’s indigenous First Nations, who own or claim much of the land that the proposed pipelines would cross.
