The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
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Thousands Rally In Moscow to Mourn Boris Nemtsov, Slain Putin Critic
"If political views are punished this way, then this country simply has no future," Sergei Mitrokhin, an opposition leader, said of Nemtsov's murder.
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Sen. Warren: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Clause Everyone Should Oppose
Agreeing to Investor-State Dispute Settlement in this enormous new treaty would tilt the playing field in the U.S. further in favor of big multinational corporations – worse, it would undermine U.S. sovereignty.
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Protesters Descend On Madison Rejecting Gov. Scott Walker's Anti-Union Law
Wisconsin unions bussed thousands of workers from around the state on Saturday to demonstrate against the impending adoption of a law to ban private-sector workers from being required to join a union or pay dues.
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LGBT People At Extreme Risk of Death In ISIS-Controlled Territory
A human rights commission report warns that anyone believed to be LGBT under the Islamic State control is likely at imminent risk of death.
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Can Public Banks Become America's New Engine Of Prosperity?
New bedfellows are writing what may be the next chapter in the story of our democracy: a network of public banks to facilitate a lateral, collaborative distribution of affordable credit that challenges Wall Street's control.
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Watched While Driving: Five Important Questions About the Federal Vehicle Surveillance Program
The DEA is collecting hundreds of millions of records about cars traveling on U.S. roads – but who approved the program, where does the data go, and are there limitations on its use? No one seems to know.
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The Disappeared: Chicago Police Detain Americans At Abuse-Laden "Black Site"
The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, essentially disappearing Americans and locking them in the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site.
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Moving Forward Together, North Carolina Is Leading the Next Civil Rights Movement
The only way to beat organized money is to have organized people.
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Global Power Project: Jose Manuel Barroso, Austerity Politics and the European Future
As the European Commission president who helped define Europe's austerity-driven financial policies, Barroso advocated doing "whatever is necessary to make sure the euro thrives and to regain the trust of financial markets.”
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How Nonviolent Activists Shape American Identity
Against the backdrop of violence and greed, this character – the Activist – shows up again and again throughout the story of the U.S., refining the tools of nonviolent action into something as American as apple pie.
