Sioux Tribes Want U.S. to Come Clean on Treaty Deceit

  By Brett Wilkins   Leaders of the Standing Rock and Oglala Sioux last week said that the two Native American tribes are joining forces in an effort to pressure…

Sanctuary Cities ‘Stand Resolute’ in Face of Funding Cut-Off

Sanctuary cities are refusing to back down in the face of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, which was codified on Monday after Attorney General Jeff Sessions threatened to cut…

Deeply Troubling Signal From the White House

The U.S. failed to show up to a human rights hearing in an “unprecedented show of disrespect to the international community,” the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Tuesday. In…

GOP Wants to Legalize Running Over Protesters?

Running over protesters may soon be legal in North Dakota, if conservative lawmakers are successful in advancing legislation introduced last week. House Bill Number 1203 (pdf) states that, “Notwithstanding any…

Study: LGBTQ Youth Face Unacceptable Violence

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week released a “heartbreaking” new study which found that LGBTQ youths face significantly higher levels of violence than their heterosexual…

Hunger Strikes Exposes More Abuses

Central American women holding a hunger strike at the Berks County Family Detention Center in rural Pennsylvania implored President Barack Obama to “set aside [his] vacation for 10 minutes and…