The planning profession is rooted in principles that puts business ahead of people. Some people are beginning to push back.
Democracy
Legal scholars and groups like Free Speech for People are making a strong case to keep Trump off state-level ballots in 2024.
The Wisconsin GOP’s plan to impeach a Democratic state Supreme Court justice is unsupported by law and would undermine judicial independence.
Passed by Canadian lawmakers in June, the Online News Act stipulates that tech companies must pay journalism outlets if they want to use their content. The U.S. and others could follow suit.
Frontline communities from California to Puerto Rico lead the fight for energy democracy.
Medicare can finally use its purchasing power to negotiate lower drug prices—but Big Pharma is pushing back.
The Fourteenth Amendment automatically bars anyone taking part in or supporting an insurrection from public office.
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Who controls the reins of artificial intelligence will determine whether it serves us all or the wealthy few.
Emergency healthcare, mail delivery, broadband internet, government-issued IDs, and the right to vote often require a physical address.
Google whistleblower Blake Lemoine has strong opinions on the need to regulate AI, as well as to respect the rights of any sentience that emerges from it.
Trump keeps getting charged with crimes. Should we still care?
The Biden Administration’s decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine is out of step with the rest of the world.
Fulton County DA Fani Willis is using laws designed to combat organized crime to prosecute Trump’s election-related crimes.
A Montana judge rules in favor of 16 young plaintiffs in the US’s first constitutional climate trial.
Trump was indicted for attempted election overturning, but not for insurrection. Legal scholar Corey Brettschneider dissects the charges.
Long before the recent ruling, a sequence of the Court’s decisions had been gradually eroding the practice.
It's true that far-right groups are relying on radio communications. But radio’s connection to movement organizing has a much longer and richer history.
A retired judge weighs in on the legal and political ramifications of the former president’s arrest and charges.
Unionized government employees are stepping in.
From the streets of Iran to the corridors of power in the U.S., the forces that police our morality undermine our mental health and wellbeing.
Justice Clarence Thomas’s newly revealed dealings likely broke the law. Amid calls for his resignation are demands to expand the court.
For “Rising Up with Sonali,” YES! Racial Justice editor Sonali Kolhatkar interviews Lisa Sherman Luna, Executive Director of Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition Votes, and DaMareo Cooper, Co-Executive Director of Center for Popular Democracy Action.
Whether or not a jury eventually finds Trump guilty or not guilty, the mere fact that a former president has been indicted sends a powerful message: No one is above the law.
The branches of the U.S. military have long seen high schools as optimal recruiting grounds. Some veterans are beginning to fight the propaganda and tell students the truth about military service.
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