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Exxon Lobbyists Tricked Into Naming Senators They Use to Block Climate Action
Greenpeace UK released a video of lobbyists discussing Exxon’s efforts to fight climate initiatives in Washington.
Grace Lee and James Boggs Showed How We Can Unite Our Struggles for Justice
There is much we can learn from Lee and Boggs’s 40-year partnership as an interracial couple in movement activism.
The Constitutional Right to Bear Arms Carries a Racist History
A new book details how the Second Amendment was written to empower local militia groups to put down slave revolts.
Degrowth Policies Cannot Avert Climate Crisis. We Need a Green New Deal.
A Green New Deal is the only way climate stabilization can become fully consistent with raising global living standards.
Lethal Force Against Pipeline Protests? Documents Reveal South Dakota’s Plans.
Members of the South Dakota National Guard are being deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border on a GOP megadonor's dime.
“Abolition Amendment” Could End Loophole That Allows Forced Labor in Prisons
The legislation would address the 13th Amendment's clause allowing involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime.
Maya Schenwar Says Defunding the Police Might Have Saved Her Sister’s Life
Schenwar says her sister’s death came after a long cycle of criminalization, making her chances of recovery much harder.
Biden’s Latest Middle East Airstrikes Give “More Fuel” to Conflict With Iran
The airstrikes come as the Biden administration holds indirect talks with Iran about reviving the Iranian nuclear deal.
Key Witness in US Case Against Julian Assange Admits to Lying to Get Immunity
“The factual basis for this case has completely fallen apart,” says human rights attorney Jennifer Robinson.
Meet the Dad Who Tricked Ex-NRA Head Into “Graduation Speech” for Empty Chairs
Each of the 3,044 empty chairs represented a student killed by gun violence who could not graduate this year.