Sarah Anderson, Chris Mills Rodrigo / Inequality.orgOur annual year-end review highlights state and local efforts to build worker power and tax the rich.Asia Pacific
Victor Maung / PrismAs civil war sparked by a military coup rages on in Myanmar, students who spent years and precious resources preparing to attend college in the U.S. have been banned from entering the country.Ear to the Ground
Tony Leys / KFF Health NewsThe administration wants deep funding cuts for state-based legal services for disabled people, as rights advocates say the Justice Department pushed out many of its lawyers who worked on such issues.
Geoff Dembicki / DeSmogRight-wing political group Americans for Prosperity, backed by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch, sees data centers as part of a larger pro-fossil fuel agenda.Social Justice
Amanda Becker / The 19thIn Springfield, a city transformed by Haitian immigrants, Casey Rollins says she feels like the “town crier” warning of a looming family separation crisis.
Martin Di Caro / Responsible StatecraftA new book points out that the narco boat 'second strike' story is a familiar one. The U.S. has always determined who is morally disqualified from the rules.TD Original
Justin Nobel / TruthdigA woman who as a teenager unknowingly reveled for years at a site contaminated with radioactive waste is fighting for justice and change.Race
Ralph Nader / Nader.orgIf the mayor-elect wants a legacy to the left of Michael Bloomberg, he should support a 0.1% tax on all financial transactions to address wealth inequality.TD Column
Jeb Lund / TruthdigAs the final regulators burn out of the machine, Trump's mental retrogression has no limit but his expiration date.
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Activism
Our annual year-end review highlights state and local efforts to build worker power and tax the rich.
Asia Pacific
As civil war sparked by a military coup rages on in Myanmar, students who spent years and precious resources preparing to attend college in the U.S. have been banned from entering the country.
Ear to the Ground
A new coalition of 230 groups demands an immediate stop to all new AI data centers.
Courts & Law
The administration wants deep funding cuts for state-based legal services for disabled people, as rights advocates say the Justice Department pushed out many of its lawyers who worked on such issues.
Technology
Right-wing political group Americans for Prosperity, backed by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch, sees data centers as part of a larger pro-fossil fuel agenda.
Social Justice
In Springfield, a city transformed by Haitian immigrants, Casey Rollins says she feels like the “town crier” warning of a looming family separation crisis.
Immigration
Somalis have answered Trump’s latest racist tirade not with outrage but with a tidal wave of trolling.
Book Review
A new book points out that the narco boat 'second strike' story is a familiar one. The U.S. has always determined who is morally disqualified from the rules.
TD Original
A woman who as a teenager unknowingly reveled for years at a site contaminated with radioactive waste is fighting for justice and change.
Race
Donald Trump and his enablers want to erase history, but Americans must resist.
Science
The Trump administration purged 80 pages of facts about climate change — including that it's caused by humans.
