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As the pandemic continues, University of California is crying poor …

And it’s on course to get even worse, with weakening environmental protections …

In addition to the coronavirus pandemic, and the deadly racism of our society that is being highlighted in the streets, June has brought another danger: hurricane season. …

In Vallejo, CA on June 2, police executed a 22-year old man in cold blood. …

White-supremacist organizations and individuals have taken to Twitter to promote their violent agenda …

This year we will surpass 418 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere …

Climate disruption is just one of the ways human life is threatened due to the massive destruction to the environment …

On June 3, former Defense Secretary James Mattis released a statement condemning Donald Trump …

On June 4, protesters in Hong Kong held their annual vigil for the victims at Tienanmen Square …

In Washington, D.C. on Monday, protesters were faced with pepper-spray and the threat of arrest …

Who actually supports Trump and the Republicans’ call to reopen the economy? …

It isn’t a question of what any individual chooses to do, even if they choose not to follow orders …

From the start of the pandemic, bosses have demanded the government provide amnesty against lawsuits …

Bus drivers in NYC and Minneapolis have refused to help police crack down on protesters …

After making a speech threatening to use the military to squash protests across the country …

An activist from Speak Out Now speaks at the George Floyd Solidarity March in Oakland on June 1 …

Trump wants to appear as the strong man, in charge amidst the chaos he helped create. …

The attention-grabbing protests to reopen the economy were not what they seemed to be. …

What do the Democrats propose in response to the police murder of George Floyd? NOTHING. …

Ford workers forced their assembly line to shut down at the Dearborn, MI truck assembly plant. …

Joe Biden has a solution to the problem of police violence: shoot Black people in the legs instead! …

As protests against racist police violence continue, many are discussing how the police can be reformed …

The family of Breonna Taylor, the woman shot down in her home by cops, is still demanding justice …

Thousands across the country are protesting the horrific racist police murder of George Floyd …

A recent study found that when temperatures increase past 89.6°F, tropical forests end up releasing CO2 …

As businesses reopen, those who still have jobs must think about how much protection there will be …

Part 1: Why Capitalism Must Go Join us for a presentation and discussion for those …

Last week floods breached two dams near Midland, Michigan, forcing 11,000 people to evacuate …

The arrogance of racist cops was on full display Memorial Day when they murdered George Floyd …

In mid-May there was a big announcement regarding the development of a vaccine for COVID-19. …

Super Cyclone Amphan devastated parts of Bangladesh and India last week. …

Schools in France re-opened May 11, at least in the areas where the virus has spread the least …

Memorial Day is supposedly a solemn occasion to remember Americans who died fighting in wars, a serious subject if ever there was one. So why is it typically celebrated with beach parties and consumer product sales …

Billionaire techies like Bill Gates of Microsoft and Eric Schmidt of Google have been using the COVID crisis to meet U.S. military and other federal officials …

On April 9, George Leigh, a worker at Amazon’s DNY4 distribution center in Bethpage, New York, he died as a result of COVID-19. …

22 million Americans have lost their jobs and are scrambling to figure out what to do, but the billionaires in the U.S. have increased their wealth by 10%. …

Trump released a statement saying that “governors need to do the right thing and allow these very important essential places of faith to open right now, for this weekend.” What an irresponsible statement! …

California governor Gavin Newsom released a revised budget for the state of California on May 14. Who are the targets of his spending cuts? Workers, high-needs students, the elderly …

36.5 million workers had filed for unemployment, but most are waiting to see the funds appear. The viral hashtag #PendingPurgatory explains what it’s been like for working people …

American-made weapons are still killing thousands of innocent people in Yemen, a country experiencing one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises …

Environmental activists around the world are calling for a “Green Recovery” after the coronavirus pandemic ends, to address the even larger crisis looming over us: climate change. …

For the last few years the NYC subway system has cut back the number of unionized cleaning crews, and it shows. …

We stand with the family of Sean Reed, another young black man who has been needlessly and brutally killed by cops in Indianapolis. …

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s wealth – 138 billion dollars right now – is more than the GDP of over 130 countries across the globe. And it’s only getting bigger. …

While visiting a medical supply distributor in Pennsylvania last week, Trump announced he is planning for future pandemics. …

For several weeks, Trump has been playing on the distress of millions of us who have lost our jobs to rev up support for re-opening businesses …

As of April 24, the State of Georgia began the process of reopening at the direction of Republican Governor Brian Kemp. …

For months, hospital staff in France have been fighting for better pay. Then, during the crisis, they were sent to the front without ammunition: a lack of PPE …