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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Louisiana and Minnesota Introduce Anti-Protest Bills Amid Fights Over Bayou Bridge and Enbridge Pipelines
The Louisiana House of Representatives has introduced new legislation aimed at criminalizing the activities of groups protesting the extraction, burning, and transport of oil and gas.
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Threat of Rising Violence In Britain's Streets After Cuts Reduce Police Forces
The steep Tory-led austerity cuts have fostered a national police force that simply doesn't have the budget or resources to tackle rising crime – in particular the hate crimes that exploded after Brexit.
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The Role of Youth In the Coming Transformation
One of the slogans in the actions against gun violence is “adults failed to solve the problem.” The truth is, those currently in power have failed on many fronts, e.g. climate change, wealth disparity, racial injustice, lack of health care and more.
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5 Indigenous Women Asserting the Modern Matriarchy
They’re reclaiming the tradition of female leadership and turning the old, white, male-dominated perspective of history on its head.
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'They Cannot Ignore Us': Oklahoma Teachers Resolute as Walkout Enters Second Day
"They are counting on you to go away silently," the head of the state teachers' union said of the legislature, as 30,000 education supporters packed the Capitol on Monday demanding a teacher pay raise of $10,000 over the next 3 years.
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Change Is Coming: Grassroots Organizing, Democratic Politics and the 2018 Elections
Progressive politicians can engage directly with citizens to build an organizational backbone that will last for multiple election cycles and operate in between elections as well.
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Fed Up with School Spending Cuts, Oklahoma Teachers Walk Out
“I’m fed up,” said Rusty Bradley, a high school technology teacher whose classroom computers are more than a decade old, as the bus rumbled toward the state Capitol.
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Historic Community Rights Vote Fails To Pass New Hampshire Legislature
The Granite State is embarking on a new, important exploration of the way we govern in the United States – putting local, community rights to a safe and healthy environment over other laws.
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Oklahoma Teachers Prepare For Walkout As Red State Revolt Spreads
“Yesterday, the Legislature passed a historic education funding increase. Today, they started dismantling it by cutting millions out of the plan. Oklahoma: we’ll see you at 9 a.m. April 2 at the Capitol,” said the teachers union
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Is Drinking Water in the U.S. Safe? Not By a Long Shot
That nasty tasting water from the faucet that you’ve been rejecting in favor of an unhealthy soda might actually have unsafe quantities of lead, nitrates, arsenic and disease-causing pathogens.
