The Fossil Fuel Industry Spent $100 Million to Kill Green Ballot Measures in Three States — and Won
One clear takeaway from the ballot initiatives in Arizona, Colorado, and Washington state is that fossil fuel money can buy elections.
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A Texas Elementary School Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath, Now Mandatory in Many States — so She Lost Her Job
A major attack on the First Amendment: No credible advocate of free expression can remain silent about this “free speech exception for Israel.”
This College Is Charging Students With Trespassing For Holding a Peaceful, On-Campus Protest
A month after an on-campus protest in upstate New York, a college charged protest organizers with trespassing, failure to comply, and operating a business.
IBM Used NYPD Surveillance Footage to Develop Technology That Lets Police Search by Skin Color
New York City served as IBM’s “primary testing area” for developing software that enables police to search surveillance video footage for skin color.
Young Democrats at 40 College Campuses Call for Boycott of the DCCC
Led by the Harvard College Democrats, students are protesting the DCCC’s policy of blacklisting consultants who work with primary challengers.
The EPA’s Bungled Response to an Air Pollution Crisis Exposes a Toxic Racial Divide
How government responds to cancer-causing air pollution depends a lot on where you live and the color of your skin.
A Podcast in the Making: Getting Emotional About Labor
Naomi Klein, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Astra Taylor discuss labor and the future of work in a new podcast pilot.
Student Protesters in Puerto Rico Face Trial as Government Criminalizes Dissent
A crackdown on dissent is targeting the island's protest movements.
Notre Dame Struck a Secret Deal With the Trump Administration to Deny Birth Control Coverage. Now Students Are Fighting Back.
The Trump administration bypassed the judicial system to negotiate a backroom settlement with 74 religiously affiliated institutions, including Notre Dame.
What Kind of Resistance? The Battle for New York Attorney General Opens Up a Rift
Will big money swamp the New York attorney general race, or are Democrats looking to shake things up?