The public’s Cold War fears about imminent nuclear war have dissipated in the 21st century, but the threat of catastrophic accidents and humanity’s mutually assured nuclear destruction hasn’t gone anywhere.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
Squad goals: Kentucky Rep. Attica Scott wants to bring progressive reinforcements to DC
Attica Scott, a Kentucky state representative and longtime activist, made headlines when she and her daughter were unjustly arrested during the Breonna Taylor uprisings in Louisville. Now she’s running for Congress and looking to bring socialist politics to Capitol Hill.
Posted inPrisons and Policing
Opinion | Crime rates rise and fall. The police mostly have nothing to do with it.
Policing expansions don’t do much to reduce crime. Instead, they manage people and communities to serve the interests of the powerful.
Posted inClimate Crisis
‘Way off track’: Atmospheric carbon has reached its highest level in 3 million years, says WMO
The new report has “a stark, scientific message for climate change negotiators at COP 26,” said the head of the World Meteorological Organization.
Posted inRattling the Bars
Why is Alabama using federal COVID relief funds to build prisons?
Amid widespread criticism, Alabama’s Republican Gov. Kay Ivey and the state legislature have pushed through with plans to use $400 million in federal COVID relief funds to build new prisons.
Posted inWorking People
Fed up with corruption and concessions, UAW members push for a more democratic union
While many are understandably excited by the number of workers going on strike, there are other crucial struggles taking place right now that have huge implications for the future of the labor movement, including a historic referendum within the United Auto Workers.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
Bernie Sanders stands firm on Medicare expansion: ‘It’s not coming out’
“It’s what the American people want and, after waiting over 50 years, what they are going to get.”
Posted inThe Marc Steiner Show
Settler violence in the West Bank ‘is out of control’
In this episode of The Marc Steiner Show, we get an on-the-ground view of the daily reality of Israeli settler violence in the ancient city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, which residents say has gotten considerably worse over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted inBaltimore
Battleground Baltimore: Biden comes to Baltimore
In this week’s roundup of news, a look at the president’s town hall, Larry Hogan’s anti-defund ‘lunacy,’ Mosby’s tax issues back in the news, and more.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
Guantánamo detainee’s imprisonment ruled illegal by US judge in ‘historic victory’
“This is a landmark ruling. For 20 years, successive US administrations have asserted their right to imprison people indefinitely, without charge or trial.”