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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Local Bans on Fracking Hang in the Balance in Colorado Ballot Fight
Funded largely by the oil and gas industry, Amendment 71 would put big hurdles in Colorado's relatively easy path to changing its state constitution.
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The New Revolving Door: Silicon Valley Cozies Up to Washington, Outspending Wall Street 2-1
Big tech firms spent $49 million on Washington lobbyists last year, while the five largest banks shelled out $19.7 million, marking a sea change in terms of who exercises political influence on the Hill.
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Polish Black Protests Escalate As Attack on Reproductive Rights Roils Nation
The proposed legislation promised to outright ban abortion in the country, even in cases of pregnancy resulting from sexual abuse, threatening women and doctors performing the operation with up to five years' imprisonment.
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How Far Will North Dakota Go to Get This Pipeline?
They’ve already tried intimidation and humiliation, and the number of arrests are increasing. The latest tactic is to toss around the word “riot” as if saying it often enough will change its definition.
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Struggling to Serve at the Nation’s Richest University
Why is Harvard's administration asking dining hall workers to pay even more for our health care even though some of us pay as much as $4,000 a year in premiums alone?
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The Climate Movement Has to Elect Hillary Clinton—and Then Give Her Hell
Clinton’s no friend of the earth, but she can be pressured.
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Why Trump's Racism and Misogyny Represent the Global 1%
The international banking industry is racist and sexist – so why should we be surprised if that's also the kind of billionaire who seeks the U.S. presidency.
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From Cleveland to Oakland to Rochester, Urban Governments Are Promoting Worker Co-ops
Since the Evergreen Cooperatives loan in 2009, nine more city governments have promoted worker co-ops through municipal projects, initiatives or policies aimed at reaching communities left out of mainstream economic development.
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Court Rules U.K. Mass Spying Was Unlawfully Conducted for Nearly Two Decades
Decision is called "long overdue indictment" of government's bulk collection of citizens' private information.
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French Nuit Debout Movement Creates New Paradigm For Horizontal Democracy
Nuit Debout is apartisan, but not apolitical.
