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Climate Change 2015: The Latest Science
It has been literally a generation since the world agreed that we needed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to avoid dangerous climate change.
To Be, or Not to Be: Europe Under Siege
Greece, mass migration and terrorism are among the many factors which have unsettled Europe in a profound way.
Fifteen Indigenous Rights Victories That You Didn’t Hear About in 2015
Indigenous rights victories give us all pause to celebrate, to reflect and to rejuvenate our own quests for justice.
The Year in Reproductive Justice: 47 Anti-Abortion Laws, Clinic Attacks and Hopeful Signs
In the face of intense attacks in 2015, activists rose to the occasion and continue to stand for reproductive justice for all.
The Terrible Things That Happen When Santa Claus Visits CEOs
A 20-year-old rule intended to control CEO pay has bloated executive paychecks while draining tax revenue and widening inequality.
Drones and Lethal Robotics: The Future of the Police War on Black Lives
In a society where Blackness equates to risk, technology will reproduce the defining characteristics of anti-Blackness.
Exposing BlackRock: Who’s Afraid of Laurence Fink and His Overpowering Institution?
There is scarcely a company, country or region of the planet that the world's largest asset management firm does not touch or influence.
What the “War on Terror” Really Is, and How to Fight It
The purpose is to promote a state of chaos that makes it easier to remove any resistance to the US capitalist class.
A Coal Terminal in Oakland?
Activists, local residents are fighting a proposed coal export facility in one of the nation's most polluted cities.
Mass Incarceration, the Presidential Race and the Politics of Respectability
Some organizers fear electoral and respectability politics could stifle the movement against mass incarceration.