by Julia Conley, staff writer
Marking the end of the year and the one-year anniversary of the day she began her 2020 presidential campaign, Sen. Elizabeth Warren challenged voters to imagine a country that puts the needs and priorities of working people ahead of corporate profits in an hour-long speech in Boston.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A United Nations human rights researcher on Tuesday hailed the International Criminal Court's recent decision to pursue a formal investigation of alleged war crimes in Palestinian territories occupied by Israel as a "momentous step forward in the quest for accountability."

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Corporate greed is threatening one of the most basic necessities of life: clean water."

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"It is time to declare a National Climate Emergency."

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This may be the beginning of the end for the U.S. occupation."

by Julia Conley, staff writer
Pro-labor state lawmakers in California derided the ride-sharing and delivery app companies Uber and Postmates as "greedy" on Tuesday after the corporations filed a federal lawsuit to block the state's new law protecting freelancers from taking effect.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer shared on social media Tuesday a letter he sent to the United States government last month expressing concerns that the continued detention of whistleblower Chelsea Manning amounts to torture.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"American workers are tired of waiting for President Trump to do something on this issue."

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
" Absolutely devastating."

by Julia Conley, staff writer
The Japanese government said Friday it would delay for a fourth time the removal of spent fuel from two of the reactors at the Fukushima Daichii nuclear power plant, causing concern that the cleanup of one of the worst nuclear disasters in history is happening at a dangerously slow pace.

by Tarana Burke
What makes our work to end sexual violence different is that it speaks to the needs of all survivors and addresses sexual violence as a systemic issue.

by Liberty Vittert
Since 2010, mile upon mile of rainforest has been replaced with a wide range of commercial developments, including cattle ranching, logging and the palm oil industry.

by Belén Fernández
Despite Donald Trump's claims, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are everything but safe.

by Michelle Chen
New study affirms that pollution is the world’s leading cause of death, ahead of tobacco use, drug and alcohol use, and even war.

by Michael Felsen
The attacks on Yovanovitch, the Trump/Zelensky call whistleblower, and other career civil servants willing to speak truth to power, despite the risks, represent a frontal assault by the President on norms our American democracy depend upon.

by Wim Laven
Our institutions are weakened now by Trump and his coterie, but we must stay strong, our democracy depends on us.