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 Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, says the money she's paid to support Trump and other conservative causes doesn't influence her husband.  But a quick glance at Clarence Thomas' voting record on some of the biggest issues says otherwise.

Censorship is on the rise in America, as more states ban books and pass laws to restrict what teachers can talk about  from the country's troubled history.  This mimics the dangerous approach of the Chinese government which blocks its citizens from accessing  independent reports about current events or learning about their own country’s past.  But brave artists like Badiucao are challenging the regime in ways that can't be erased.

We are all paying more for groceries these days. But what if the food you wanted wasn’t available at any price?  As more people realize today’s food system is broken, more native communities want to regain control of their own food supply.

We are so indoctrinated with the idea that policing and caging people stops crime that it's difficult to imagine anything other than the police state. But if reducing harm is achieved by giving police unlimited powers and handing out long prison sentences, something America has done for decades, why don’t we have the safest society? Prison abolitionists like Mariame Kaba say there is a better way.  And it starts with mutual aid.  See: Abolition is essential (Part1)

Rather than try to reform corrupt police departments and build more overcrowded prisons, prison abolitionists Mariame Kaba says its time to make them obsolete by redirecting the billions of dollars that now go to police and prisons toward things that actually improve people’s lives and reduce crime. See: We keep each other safe (Part 2)

Seeking to halt the fossil fuel emissions responsible for so much damage, environmental justice activists are springing into action across the country to protest against dangerous projects like the Dakota Access pipeline.  But rather than protecting their right to protest, federal and state governments are cracking down on those taking direct action against the country’s biggest polluters. 

From helping Bob Dylan change the course of music at Newport to his iconic portrayal of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Theodore Bikel's contributions to music and theatre are undeniable.  But his willingness to see the humanity in other people was his real gift.  Photo: Theodore Bikel, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan in Greenwood, Mississippi 1963.

The US government’s use of the 1917 Espionage Act to prosecute Julian Assange is meant to intimidate whistleblowers from leaking information the government wants to keep hidden and silence journalists from reporting the truth.    

A recent poll found nearly one out of two Americans didn't know Puerto Rico is a part of the United States.   Even fewer realize the U.S. failed to deliver promised reconstruction assistance to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in 2017.   Years later, Puerto Rico is still waiting. 

“Don't tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your money and I'll tell you what they are.” America spends over $700 billion every year on its military, and less than a tenth of that on education.  William Barber II and the Poor People's Campaign challenges the national myths that keep millions of Americans of all backgrounds in poverty. 

How did you respond to worst day of your life?  A survivor of the Boston Marathon bombing found a way to help herself and others live their lives again.

Naomi Klein wants to change how you think about the climate crisis.  The journalist, activist and mother believes we can seize this moment to transform our failed economic systems and build something radically better.  But we have to act together.