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Under Trump, More People Live Without Health Coverage
Ongoing efforts to sabotage Medicaid and deny coverage to immigrant families will increase the uninsured.
Teen Climate Activist Confronts World Leaders at UN Summit
Fifteen-year-old Greta Thunberg stunned the world last week when she denounced world leaders for climate inaction.
Over 140 Arrested as Youth-Led Demonstrators Demand Green New Deal
Demonstrators flooded the Capitol building to demand that elected officials listen to their youngest constituents.
Bayou Bridge Charged $450 for Building Oil Pipeline Without Permission
During the hearing, the Bayou Bridge lawyers tried to make the plaintiffs out to be greedy out-of-towners.
Trump Says He Didn’t Have to Disclose Payments. Legal Experts Disagree.
Trump declared that his payments to hush rumors of extramarital affairs were “private transactions.”
Philadelphia Just Passed the Strongest Fair Scheduling Law in the Nation
The city’s new law will require some businesses to provide employees their schedules at least 10 days in advance.
Swept Up in France’s Yellow Vest Protests
The movement in France is more like Occupy than it is the Tea Party.
Progressive Activists Are Winning in Red States
Organizers have broken with tradition to set up a grassroots infrastructure that could lead to future wins.
Energy Transfer and Big Banks Lost Billions From Dakota Access Pipeline
A new report highlights the high price that companies will pay if they continue to ignore Indigenous rights.
Trump’s Great American Forest Liquidation Sale
The Trump administration wants to eliminate rules protecting 50 million acres of forests from logging and roadbuilding.