Striking Minneapolis teachers and education support professionals hold placards in front of the Justice Page Middle school in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 8, 2022.

'Release the Dough': Minneapolis Teachers Strike for First Time in More Than 50 Years

"We're on strike for safe and stable schools and systemic change," said the leader of the local teachers union.

by Kenny Stancil

An employee with Ipsun Solar installs solar panels on the roof of the Peace Lutheran Church in Alexandria, Virginia on May 17, 2021.

Groups Urge Biden to Invoke Defense Production Act to Counter Putin, Accelerate Green Transition

"A renewable energy future," the groups wrote, "is a peaceful and ultimately more prosperous one."

by Andrea Germanos

A view of a Mariupol children's hospital

'The Destruction Is Colossal': Russia Bombs Ukrainian Children's Hospital

"The Russian occupying forces have dropped several bombs on the children's hospital," said officials from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

by Jake Johnson

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War Is (Still) A Racket: Corporate Power and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

This is more than a political war. It's a resource war.

by Greg Coleridge

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There Is No Wisdom in Pretending That Ukraine's Neo-Nazis Don't Exist

The troubling history and dangerous U.S. relationship with the Azov Battalion and other extreme right-wing groups in Ukraine cannot be forgotten.

by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies

Oil and Gas Are Fueling Our Wars. They Cannot Be the Solution to End Them

We must shun the corporate profiteers who seek to use war to promote fossil fuels.

by Alan Zibel