As New York City Declares War on the Oil Industry, the Politically Impossible Suddenly Seems Possible
New York City’s lawsuit for climate damages raises the prospect that oil companies may have to pay for rising sea levels and extreme weather.
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First France, Now Brazil Unveils Plan to Empower the Government to Censor the Internet in the Name of Stopping "Fake News"
Which is the more serious threat: people publishing false claims (which are subject to correction), or governments censoring political content they have judged to be false?
Oprah Winfrey for President: Have We All Gone Bonkers?
After a stirring speech at the Golden Globes, Winfrey was discussed as a candidate to face Donald Trump in 2020. But we don't need another celebrity president.
ACLU Says New Jersey Prisons' Banning of "The New Jim Crow" Is Unconstitutional
The landmark book about race and mass incarceration is banned in a state with the highest racial disparity in its prison population.
Being Black in Trump Country: Dozens of People Arrested for Less Than an Ounce of Weed
A group of mostly black partygoers was arrested en masse in Cartersville, Georgia, for a small amount of marijuana.
We Lost a Lot in 2017. Here's Where We Can — and Can't — Look for Progress in 2018.
Erica Garner's death was a horrible cap to a year of hard losses. Here's how a huge bump in organizing can mean some wins in 2018.
Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments
The Silicon Valley giant says it deleted the accounts of the Chechen Republic’s tyrant — followed by 4 million people — because the U.S. government required it to do so.
Republicans Mock “Coastal Elites,” But the Trump Administration Is Full of Them
If a novelist dreamed up "coastal elites" like Donald Trump and his cabinet, the critics would say the writer went way over the top.
The NCAA Makes Billions, College Athletes Get Nothing. LaVar Ball Wants to Shake Up the System.
LaVar Ball, the father of young basketball stars, is creating his own junior basketball league where the players get paid.
Forget Coates vs. West — We All Have a Duty to Confront the Full Reach of U.S. Empire
Forget about the feud between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Cornel West. This is about beating back white supremacy and concentrated corporate power.