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SUNY Uses Taxpayer Dollars to Torture Kittens in Useless Experiments
The State University of New York is being sued for refusing to release documents on its cruel experiments.
We Won’t Let Our Pensions Build Prisons
Educators are coming together to demand that no pension funding go the prison industry.
Can We Parent the Climate-Change Generation? Or Should They Parent Us?
Young people across the world are striking to draw attention to the ravages of climate change.
The FDA Should Protect Consumers, Not a Dying Dairy Industry
The dairy industry wants to restrict plant-based companies from using terms like “milk” on their labels.
“Speaking Truth to Power” Is No Substitute for Taking Power
Appealing to the hearts of people who run a heartless system won't further the progressive agenda.
Women Must Be Central to Negotiating the US-Korea Peace Process
From Liberia to Northern Ireland, women's groups have been instrumental in the signing of lasting peace agreements.
School Shooters and Drones — Linking Gun Violence at Home to US Wars Abroad
While U.S. teenagers fight for their right to live, a world away, Afghanistan's teens are doing the same thing.
How a Green New Deal Could Exploit Developing Countries
Climate justice policies could inadvertently double as tools of colonialism that harm people outside the U.S.
Can We Divest From Weapons Dealers?
How different our world could be if efforts were instead directed toward education, health care and community welfare.
Donald Trump Deserves an “F” on Trade
It might be easy to win a trade war, as Trump claimed, but evidently not for him.