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Defining a Federalist Approach to Immigration Reform: The Left Stands on Firmer Legal Ground
With a federal floor of protections for noncitizens at their back, immigrant and refugee-friendly local laws and tactics are defining what it means to fight for human rights from …
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It’s Not Just a Job
'When a nation exports its jobs to other countries, its citizens are depreciated as human beings.
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Will Lake Erie Turn the Tide?
As far as I can tell, there isn't a well-organized phosphate denial campaign insisting that runoff has nothing to do with algal blooms. But I'm sure one will arise …
A.A. (Afro Anonymous) aka “In Recovery” aka WARdrobe
Poetry by Hakim Bellamy
What My Friend Jim Foley Taught Me to Question
Jessica Desvarieux of the Real News Network remembers her college friend, slain journalist James Foley.
In Ferguson, Money For Tanks And Tear Gas, But None For Education
rotesters in Ferguson are not backing down their call for justice for unarmed teenager Michael Brown.
Greenland Glaciers’ Rapid Melting Will Have Global Effects
May and June had the hottest global temperatures on record, according to a report from the National Climactic Data Center.
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Oakland Activists “Block the Boat” in Solidarity with Gaza
In the Bay Area, condemnation of Israel's attack on Gaza has emerged in the form of “Block the Boat.”
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No Hope for AIDS-Free Generation in Uganda as Controversial HIV Bill is Signed Into Law
Uganda has been hailed as a success story in fighting HIV/AIDS, with prevalence rates dropping from 18 percent in 1992 to 6.4 percent in 2005. But activists fear a …
Big Dallas Plunder: Open Door to Wholesale School Privatization
Dallas business interests stacked the school board. Now, a rule change could open the door for wholesale school privatization.