5-Alarm Monopoly Fire! Time to Fight
Talk about a 5-alarm emergency. The price of fire trucks has skyrocketed and caused a worrisome fire truck shortage, all due to — you guessed it — corporate … Read more
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To Get Good Local News, Try Do-It-Yourself Journalism
Advance true media democracy by creating your own local, noncorporate do-it-yourself newspaper. Perhaps you’ve noticed from the shrinkage (or total elimination) of your local newspaper that this source … Read more
Anti-Abortion Activists Lobby to Arm Fetuses
Second Amendment rights should be give to the unborn, say anti-abortion activists. In Georgia, a fetus now qualifies for tax credits and child support and is to be … Read more
Furious Gun Owners Demand the Right to Marry Their Guns
Claiming discrimination, gun owners demand the right to marry their guns, “or else.” In a twist that gives new meaning to the term “shotgun wedding,” Second Amendment activists … Read more
Neanderthals Protest Comparisons to Trump Supporters
“Unfair and untrue” say neanderthals, claiming false equivalence between them and the MAGA crowd. Activists representing neanderthals gathered today at the nation’s capital to protest “unfair and untrue” … Read more
With COVID-19, Suddenly America is Asking, ‘Where’s the Government?’
Nothing like COVID-19 to bring home the need that all of us have for an adequately funded, fully functioning, competent government. Suddenly, with the COVID-19 epidemic, America is … Read more
Who’s Behind the Increasing Suppression of Your Right to Protest?
Multinational corporations have been quietly colluding with legislators and governors to suppress the right to protest. As British playwright and political rabble-rouser George Bernard Shaw noted, “You don’t … Read more
A Political Party Worth Joining
Democrats vs Republicans? That’s so old hat. The best political party in America is not the Dems nor the Repubs. By far, the best political party is a … Read more
A National Call to Link Arms for Democracy
Guest Editorial: Let’s work together to reform our democracy and make it work. By Victoria Collier and Ben Zion-Ptashnik. Copyright, Truthout.org. Reprinted with permission. (A guest editorial — … Read more
The Power of Organizing
Organizing for workers’ rights pays off Hard work, we’re told, always pays off. Sure it does — ask a farmworker, a roofer, or a home health aide. In … Read more
