4+ hour, 12+ min ago  (1247+ words) The passage of New York's statewide moratorium marks the speed at which the movement is growing'and winning'in both blue and red parts of the country. The New York State Assembly made history this month by passing what could become the…...

4+ hour, 8+ min ago  (727+ words) The Justice Department is backing a right-wing lawsuit against the nation's first operating reparations program, raising the stakes for cities trying to repair decades of anti-Black housing discrimination. The Trump administration has moved to join a lawsuit seeking to halt…...

4+ hour, 17+ min ago  (926+ words) The roar of a crowd that believes its collective voice matters stands in quiet contrast to spectacles that ask only for attention, passivity, and allegiance. This article was produced by Human Bridges, a project of the Independent Media Institute. Gary…...

12+ hour, 12+ min ago  (233+ words) Making War on Planet Earth, the Rest of Us, and Even Himself. I must admit that if, when I was 16 and John F. Kennedy won the presidency, you had tried to tell me about President (! !) Donald Trump (twice! !!), I would have…...

12+ hour, 9+ min ago  (622+ words) New standards allow broader AI use, lock in $1-a-day labor limits, and give detention operators more flexibility as ICE expands under Trump's mass enforcement agenda. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has rewritten its national detention standards in ways that former officials,…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (183+ words) Tthe Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee officially passed the bipartisan bill in a voice vote on June 17. The America the Beautiful Act (S. 1547) is designed to address a critical $24 billion repair backlog across national parks and public lands by reauthorizing…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (672+ words) Moving special education services and civil rights enforcement to other federal agencies has left families wondering what's next. But the announcement has elicited a loud outcry from disability advocates, civil rights groups, teachers" unions and prominent Democrats. They have framed…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (591+ words) Hedging their bets against Donald Trump is pushing the two countries together. It has long been the dream of the U. S. foreign policy elite to bring Japan and South Korea into a tighter alliance. Notoriously dismissive of history, American leaders don't…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (244+ words) "No PFAS, No Problem: Product Testing Reveals Success of CA and NY PFAS Textile Laws" found that 80 percent of tested consumer products are now in compliance with newly enacted restriction. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) evaluated 115 textile items purchased…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (691+ words) The agave-powered agroforestry and livestock management system is an example of how native desert plants, cultivated as part of an agroforestry system, can regenerate drylands and provide inexpensive animal feed, taking pressure off overgrazed rangelands. Typically, only large landowners or…...