What Civil Rights History Can Teach Kavanaugh’s Critics

A week after the justice’s controversial swearing-in, the African-American activists I study offer a lesson to those who are in despair: Failure is part of the process.

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Dear Aunt Lydia: Women Raping Women in the Era of #MeToo

Today’s conservative Republican Trumpian women are actually aroused and sadistically satisfied by white male patriarchy and entitlement.

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Victims of Hurricane Michael Voted for Climate Deniers

Elections have consequences. Denying science has consequences. And we are reaping what we sow.

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Changing the Constitution Can't Be the Strategy—Yet

Yes, progressives should try to change the “rules of the game.” But such change is properly seen as a way to consolidate political power that has already been won.

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We have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe, warns UN

A landmark report on Monday from the United Nations’ scientific panel on climate change says urgent changes are needed to cut the risk of extreme heat, drought, floods and poverty.

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U.S. Mail Is #NotForSale: Postal Workers Nationwide Reject Trump's Privatization Plan

Under a proposal unveiled in June to reorganize the federal government, the postal service would "transition to a model of private management and private or shared ownership."

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After Rahm's Destruction, Can Chicago Create a Cooperative Economy?

Chicago mayoral candidate Amara Enyia promises to not only facilitate cooperative economics but also to begin the process of creating a public bank for the city “on day one” of her administration.

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European Court Rules U.K.’s "Big Brother" Program A Violation of Privacy

Are people finally beginning to win the battle with their governments over mass surveillance?

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Fifty-Thousand Come Together in Germany to Defend Ancient Forest and Fight Coal

"This is about showing governments everywhere that a growing climate movement is demanding an end to dirty and outdated fossil fuels," said a demonstrator at the largest-ever anti-coal demonstration in the Rhineland.

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The Unbearable Dishonesty of Brett Kavanaugh

Kavanaugh’s choice to lie about things that are easily disproved speaks to a kind of hubris, or entitlement, that befits someone of his pedigree.

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