Robin Hood tax “steals” from rich and gives to just about everyone else
After the financial crisis, Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase were bailed out while ordinary Americans were left to suffer.
Minnesota private prison debate raises issues of race, justice
Issues of race, poverty, and justice bubbled to the surface in an emotional hearing in late March.
Religious right’s latest attack on working women’s privacy reaches Supreme Court
The latest religious-based challenge to contraceptive care has hit the Supreme Court.
North Carolina discrimination law shows limits of corporate conscience
"The legislation hastily enacted is deplorable and discriminatory, and it runs counter to everything we stand for."
Cherokee war chief led armed struggle against white settlers 235 years ago
Native Americans and others from throughout the state commemorated the life of the great Cherokee war chief, Dragging Canoe, with a celebration.
African American history event recalls even King had doubts at times
"Struggle, it never stops. It moves on. We make progress but we have to keep on fighting."
L.A. faith-based leaders arrested in protest against deportations
"I chose to get arrested during Holy Week because too many of our immigrant and refugee brothers and sisters are suffering."
This week in women's history: Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House
Pelosi is the first woman, the first Californian, and first Italian-American to lead a major party in Congress and to hold the Speakership.
Florida beach town says “no” to hate
People in the small Florida town of New Smyrna Beach gathered Sunday, Mar. 13 for "Neighbors Together."
Running Michigan like a business: Flint’s children damaged for life
The EPA tried over and over again to get Snyder to take measures that would neutralize the lead leaching into the water from the pipes.
