Elizabeth Warren | You Get What You Fight For
Elizabeth Warren, Reader Supported News
Warren writes: "Ten years ago, if someone had told you we'd have national health care reform and 50-state marriage equality in 2015, you probably would've looked at them like they were crazy. But people didn't give up. They took punch after punch, year after year, from some of the most powerful interest groups in the country - but they never, ever stopped fighting."
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Elizabeth Warren, Reader Supported News
Warren writes: "Ten years ago, if someone had told you we'd have national health care reform and 50-state marriage equality in 2015, you probably would've looked at them like they were crazy. But people didn't give up. They took punch after punch, year after year, from some of the most powerful interest groups in the country - but they never, ever stopped fighting."
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DOJ: Ferguson Police 'Violated' Free Speech Rights
Christine Byers, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Byers writes: "Police trying to control the Ferguson protests and riots responded with an uncoordinated effort that sometimes violated free-speech rights, antagonized crowds with military-style tactics and shielded officers from accountability, the Justice Department said in a new report."
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Christine Byers, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Byers writes: "Police trying to control the Ferguson protests and riots responded with an uncoordinated effort that sometimes violated free-speech rights, antagonized crowds with military-style tactics and shielded officers from accountability, the Justice Department said in a new report."
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Supreme Court Takes Up Case That Could Devastate Labor Unions
Lawrence Hurley, Reuters
Hurley writes: "The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to take up a case that could weaken public sector unions, a challenge by 10 nonunion public school teachers who say California's requirement that they pay the equivalent of union dues violates their free speech rights."
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Lawrence Hurley, Reuters
Hurley writes: "The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to take up a case that could weaken public sector unions, a challenge by 10 nonunion public school teachers who say California's requirement that they pay the equivalent of union dues violates their free speech rights."
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The Centenary of a Revolutionary: Legendary Activist, Organizer Grace Lee Boggs Turns 100
Amy Goodman and Grace Lee Boggs, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "I feel so sorry for people who are not living in Detroit. People are always striving for size, to be a giant, and this is a symbol of how giants fall. Keep recognizing that reality is changing and that your ideas have to change. Don't get stuck in old ideas."
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Amy Goodman and Grace Lee Boggs, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "I feel so sorry for people who are not living in Detroit. People are always striving for size, to be a giant, and this is a symbol of how giants fall. Keep recognizing that reality is changing and that your ideas have to change. Don't get stuck in old ideas."
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New York Shuts Down 'Poor Doors' With Rent-Regulation Bill - A Win for 'Dignity'
Jana Kasperkevic, Guardian UK
Kasperkevic writes: "New York City is banning 'poor doors' in a move one city official on Monday called a 'big win for dignity.' Thanks to a little talked about provision in New York's rent-stabilization law, builders who receive a tax break for offering some units to low-income tenants will no longer be allowed to build separate entrances for the rich and the poor."
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Jana Kasperkevic, Guardian UK
Kasperkevic writes: "New York City is banning 'poor doors' in a move one city official on Monday called a 'big win for dignity.' Thanks to a little talked about provision in New York's rent-stabilization law, builders who receive a tax break for offering some units to low-income tenants will no longer be allowed to build separate entrances for the rich and the poor."
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US to Resume Arming Bahrain Despite Ongoing Human Rights Abuses
Jenna McLaughlin, The Intercept
McLaughlin writes: "The State Department announced it will lift its freeze on arms sales to the repressive government of Bahrain on Monday, despite the country's myriad human rights abuses in recent years."
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Jenna McLaughlin, The Intercept
McLaughlin writes: "The State Department announced it will lift its freeze on arms sales to the repressive government of Bahrain on Monday, despite the country's myriad human rights abuses in recent years."
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Pope Francis Recruits Naomi Klein in Climate Change Battle
Rosie Scammell, Guardian UK
Scammell writes: "Naomi Klein and Cardinal Peter Turkson are to lead a high-level conference at the Vatican on the environment, bringing together churchmen, scientists and activists to debate climate change action."
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Rosie Scammell, Guardian UK
Scammell writes: "Naomi Klein and Cardinal Peter Turkson are to lead a high-level conference at the Vatican on the environment, bringing together churchmen, scientists and activists to debate climate change action."
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