UK Privatization Puts Final Nail in Royal Mail's Coffin
Workers are decrying the demise of "one of the great inventions of our social history," after the British government announced on Monday that it was completing the privatization of the…
Global Parents Unite to Protect Children from Climate Catastrophe
In the lead-up to the United Nations talks in Paris next month, parents and grandparents from around the world announced Tuesday that they are launching a global coalition to demand…
National Outrage as Videos of Brutal Police Assault on Black Student Go Viral
A brutal attack by a male officer on a black, female high school student in Columbia, South Carolina on Monday has spurred widespread outrage after a number of cell phone…
Snowden Celebrates 'Broadly Influential' Ruling Against NSA Dragnet
Reiterating his prior ruling which found the U.S. government's surveillance of civilians' telephone records to be unconstitutional—"Orwellian," even—a federal judge on Monday ordered the National Security Agency to halt its…
Important Reminder in the Flint Crisis: People Still Have No Safe Water
The lead contaminated water crisis in Flint, Michigan is receiving increased national attention—yet what the people of the Rust Belt city urgently need to receive is clean drinking water. Republican…
Dem group targets House GOP’s revised health bill
Democratic super PAC American Bridge’s nonprofit arm launched an ad campaign Tuesday targeting 17 House Republicans over the House GOP’s latest push to repeal and replace ObamaCare.The digital ad, provided…
Democratic primary could upend bid for Colorado seat
Democrats are once again bullish about the prospect of taking down Republican Rep. Mike Coffman (Colo.), but the party’s favored candidate may have to wade through a contentious primary first.Top Democrats are…
'Slowing the Beast at its Source': Historic Climate Plan Unveiled at Tar Sands Ground Zero
The Alberta tar sands industry, for years the source of extreme environmental damage and fierce critical outrage for its contribution to global warming, on Sunday was served an enormous blow…
'We Are United': COP21 Protest Connects Dots Between Conflict, Climate, Displacement
As politicians, diplomats, and corporate representatives gathered in Paris Wednesday in the second week of United Nations-brokered COP21 climate talks, grassroots groups from the frontlines of environmental destruction set their…
Error 451: A New Dystopian Internet Code With a Very Important Meaning
A new internet code inspired by the dystopian writings of Ray Bradbury aims to let users know when websites are unavailable because they have been censored by the state—Error Code…
Sanders and Clinton Neck-and-Neck in Iowa and New Hampshire
Just weeks ahead of the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are neck-and-neck, polls released Sunday reveal. In New Hampshire,…
Huge Victory for American Consumers: Senate Rejects DARK Act
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected a controversial bill that would have made labeling genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food products voluntary. The bill needed 60 votes to pass and…