Income and Wealth Inequality
Wealth and income inequality is the great moral issue of our time, the great economic issue of our time, and the great political issue of our time.
Inside Trump’s fury: The president rages at leaks, setbacks and accusations – The Washington Post
Plans to turn a corner are derailed again as the administration is consumed by controversy.
Kellyanne Conway and the Bowling Green Massacre That Wasn't – The Atlantic
In an interview on Thursday, the adviser to President Donald Trump invented a massacre to justify restrictions on refugee admissions and travel from several predominantly Muslim countries.
No surprise. State Department will approve construction of Keystone XL pipeline, probably on Monday
The move by the State Department comes 16 months after Obama blocked construction of the 1,200-mile pipeline, which would ship crude from Canada’s western oil-sands region to refineries on the Gulf Coast.
Opinion | Vanessa Nakate: America Needs to Lead on Climate Change
The 23-year-old Ugandan climate activist explains what the U.S. election will mean for the future of the planet.
Paving the path towards a global plastics treaty | The Optimist Daily
Representatives from 180 countries join forces to regulate plastic, ushering in a new era of environmental responsibility and international collaboration.
Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win by Amanda Abrams — YES! Magazine
This 86-year-old civil rights leader believes reconciliation is the only way forward.
Sanctuary Cities Join Forces in First Meeting of Its Kind
On Monday, March 27, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions reiterated Trump’s threats to cut funding to sanctuary cities, local elected officials from across the country gathered to plan how we can fight back together. Seeking Sanctuary: Municipal Policy to Confront Mass Deportation and Criminalization, a national convening hosted by Local Progress, Center for Popular…
Scotland eyes 50% renewable energy by 2030 in shift away from North Sea oil | UK news | The Guardian
SNP unveils plan encouraging motorists, homeowners and businesses to use low- or zero-carbon sources for half their energy
