The Cost of US Police Brutality During Protests
Major US cities have paid $55 million for police criminality against activists.
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Burlington, Vermont’s Lockheed Martin Showdown: City Council Vote Reveals Progressive Identity Crisis
On Monday August 8, after six months of local debate, Burlington’s City Council voted 8-6 in favor of nonbinding community standards for a proposed climate-change partnership between the city and Lockheed Martin.
Governor Scott Walker Shouted Down At Wisconsin State Fair
Governor Scott Walker officially declared the Wisconsin State Fair opened for business on August 4th. His brief announcement was met by hundreds of protestors shouting "Shame," so loudly that his voice was barely heard.
How Foreign Policy Blunders Helped Create the Famine in Somalia
Famine has returned to Somalia, and so has the US military. This is no natural disaster.
The Andean Connection: Tracking the Drug War’s Coca Leaves and Failed Policies
How drug war-related violence in Mexico and Central America is connected to Andean coca leaves and the failed policies of Plan Colombia.
How the Ignorance and Inaction of Americans Fosters Misery Around the Globe
The enemy of social change is fatalistic complacency.