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Jun 14, 2018  Supporting Trump's diplomatic efforts may be the way to avoid nuclear warPeople have been organizing long before Trump to end the 70-year state of war on the Korean Peninsula. Political parties should unite behind the peace movements driving this diplomatic opening. |
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Jun 7, 2018  Philadelphia Eagles have an important civics lesson for Donald TrumpPresident Donald Trump abruptly disinvited this year's Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles from the White House this week, irked that most of the players were declining to attend. |
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Jun 5, 2018  FBI continues to harass activists of colour, internal documents showRacism is unacceptable, anywhere, anytime. We must be especially intolerant of racism when it appears as official government policy, enshrined in secret documents in black and white. |
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May 31, 2018  When will those responsible for Gaza atrocities be held to account?As the United States and Israel celebrated the official opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, May 14, about an hour away the Israeli military was firing on thousands of Palestinians. |
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May 17, 2018  Fifty years ago the Catonsville Nine ignited the anti-war movementThe Catonsville Nine action on May 17, 1968 prompted a wave of similar acts of anti-war, nonviolent civil disobedience. |
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May 10, 2018  U.S. Teacher of the Year Mandy Manning advocates for country's most vulnerable studentsIn the midst of teachers walking out of schools around the country, demanding fair salaries and proper funding for their classrooms, one teacher, Mandy Manning, was invited into the White House. |
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May 3, 2018  Kanye West should visit the Montgomery Slavery Memorial -- and take Donald Trump with himKanye West, the legendary rap artist, provoked controversy this week when he said in an interview: "When you hear about slavery for 400 years. … That sounds like a choice." |
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Apr 26, 2018  Journalist Manuel Duran's arrest is a blow against press freedom and immigration rightsA well-known journalist was arrested while covering a protest against immigration detention, then was handed over to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities for deportation. |
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Apr 19, 2018  Imprisoned activist Siwatu-Salama Ra deserves justice this Earth DayEnvironmental and racial-justice activist Siwatu-Salama Ra was unjustly prosecuted and imprisoned, and, now in the third trimester of a high-risk pregnancy, is serving a two-year sentence. |
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Apr 12, 2018  Exploitation of personal data on Facebook has dark implications for democracyRevelations about Facebook's role in the exploitation of user data by a company called Cambridge Analytica have provoked widespread calls for tough, new data privacy laws. |
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Mar 29, 2018  'We need to start pushing back': Chelsea Manning on war, freedom and her political plansAlmost one year has passed since Chelsea Manning was released from the U.S Army prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. On the Democracy Now! news hour, she talked about her newfound freedom. |
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Mar 22, 2018  Fifteen years after the invasion of Iraq, people are organizing for peaceFifteen years have passed since President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and a coterie of neoconservatives launched the invasion of Iraq with a murderous bombardment of Baghdad. |
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Mar 15, 2018  Gina Haspel's record of torture should disqualify her from heading the CIAGina Haspel's work is shrouded in secrecy, but two things are well-known: She ran a CIA "black site" where people were brutally tortured, then she helped cover up the torture. |
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Mar 13, 2018  West Virginia labour actions inspire educators nationwideIn West Virginia, striking public school teachers and staff celebrated a victory last week, inspiring educators outside their state to take action for better pay and working conditions. |
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Mar 6, 2018  Survivors of Parkland shooting are leading the movement for gun controlStudents in Parkland, Florida are channelling their rage and sorrow over the killing of 17 of their classmates and teachers against the gun lobby and the politicians in their pocket. |
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Feb 26, 2018  After Parkland shooting, students march for their livesThe Pentagon is in our public schools, recruiting students to the military. At its side is the NRA, putting guns into the hands of children. |
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Feb 10, 2018  Uber and Lyft force drivers into poverty and despairRecent reports -- and driver suicides -- in New York City reveal how Uber and Lyft interfere with local regulations and strip drivers of labour rights. |
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Feb 2, 2018  Dreamers: stateless of the unionFor millions of immigrants and their family members around the U.S., the State of the Union was not just a political speech; their lives hang in the balance. |
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Jan 26, 2018  Yance Ford, first trans director nominated for OscarYance Ford has just made history. He has become the first transgender director to be nominated for an Academy Award for his documentary "Strong Island". |
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Jan 15, 2018  Honouring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by fighting poverty and racismAmy Goodman Denis Moynihan A coalition has formed to organize poor people in the United States into what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called 'a new and unsettling force' to fight poverty. |
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Jan 12, 2018  Coalition honours Martin Luther King Jr., renewing Poor People's CampaignA coalition has formed to organize poor people in the United States into what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called "a new and unsettling force" to fight poverty. |
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Jan 4, 2018  Remembering activist Erica Garner, who worked tirelessly against police brutalityErica Garner has died at the age of 27. The loss of this remarkable young African-American woman is incalculable. She was a tireless activist and a mother of two. |
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Dec 30, 2017  In 2017, journalism was still an unacceptably dangerous professionThe case of Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, who fled Mexico at the risk of assassination, highlights the dangers that journalists still face in speaking out and exposing corruption. |
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Dec 22, 2017  Trump's new tax bill marks the darkest day of the yearDonald Trump describes his new tax bill as "an incredible Christmas gift for hardworking Americans," but in reality it's the largest wealth transfer from the bottom to the top in American history. |
