Are You Listening, America?

" Don't you understand what I'm trying to say? And can't you feel the fears I'm feeling today? If the button is pushed, there's no running away, There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave, Take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy, And you tell me over and over and over again my friend, Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction ."

Why Isn’t The Media Covering The West Virginia Teachers Strike?

It's resonant of so many iconic labor struggles in West Virginia, but our corporate media isn't covering this historic state-wide teachers strike The strike stems in part from the rising cost of PEIA, which is intended to provide affordable health insurance for state employees. West Virginia teachers, who already ranked 48th nationally in terms of salaries, were looking at an even deeper cut to their take-home pay by way of escalating PEIA premiums, and the pay raises previously proposed by the governor-2 percent in the first year followed by 1 percent in years two and three-were not enough to cover the cost, teachers said.

The GOP’s worst ideas for responding to mass shootings

FEBRUARY 28: People arrive to offer support at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as student arrive to attend classes for the first time since the shooting that killed 17 people on February 14 at the school on February 28, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. In wake of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, which left 14 children and 3 teachers dead, conservatives have been caught somewhat off guard.

Washington State Is Set to Vote on a Carbon Tax. For the Governor, It’s a Gamble.

Want the latest climate news in your inbox? You can sign up here to receive Climate Fwd: , our new email newsletter. This week in the statehouse in Olympia, Wash., Gov. Jay Inslee is battling to bring a vote on a historic climate change policy that he has pursued for years: instituting the nation's first tax on planet-warming carbon dioxide pollution.

Senate Intelligence Leaders Say House G.O.P. Leaked a Senator’s Texts

Senator Richard M. Burr, right, and Senator Mark Warner, the leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee, were so perturbed by the leak of Mr. Warner's text messages that they demanded a rare meeting with Speaker Paul D. Ryan last month to inform him of their findings. WASHINGTON - The Senate Intelligence Committee has concluded that Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee were behind the leak of private text messages between the Senate panel's top Democrat and a Russian-connected lawyer, according to two congressional officials briefed on the matter.

Immigrants Rotting in Prison Will Show The Neoliberals That The Left Can’t Be Blackmailed

Above: Inmates at Angel Island, the San Francisco prison where Chinese immigrants were held after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigrants, even those with permanent legal status and asylum seekers, do not have the right to periodic bond hearings. It's a profound loss for those immigrants appealing what are sometimes indefinite detentions by the government.

The ‘crisis actor’ theory is just the tip of YouTube’s conspiracy iceberg

Mourners bring flowers as they pay tribute at a memorial for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Sunday, February 25, 2018. In the wake of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High have channeled their grief and fury into demands for better gun control.

Federal court temporarily pauses construction of controversial Louisiana pipeline

A federal court temporarily halted work on a controversial pipeline in Louisiana on Friday while it considers environmental challenges to the project. The preliminary injunction against construction of the Bayou Bridge pipeline - which would stretch 162 miles across Louisiana - was cheered as a major victory by environmental groups, who challenged the Army Corps of Engineers' initial approval of the project.

Customers slam kids party company for offering discount to NRA members

Hidden Treasure Mining Company has not said whether it will end its discount program in the wake of the deadly Parkland shooting. An educational activity and party company geared toward kids came under scrutiny last week after several customers discovered the business was offering a 10 percent discount to members of the National Rifle Association .

The Health 202: States are going after opioid makers

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Erika Marble visits the gravesite of Edward Martin III, her fiance and father of her two children, who died in 2014 from an overdose of the opioid fentanyl. To understand how states are going on the offensive against opioid makers and distributors for the devastation their pills have caused, look no further than Kentucky, where about as many people die of overdoses every year as from car accidents and gunshots combined.

UN Security Council calls for 30-Day Ceasefire in Syria’s East Ghouta

The United Nations Security Council finally passed a resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire between the Damascus government and the al-Qaeda-dominated guerrillas in Eastern Ghouta. UN Secretary-General AntA3nio Guterres reminded all sides of their absolute duty in international law to safeguard the life of innocent noncombatants.

Teachers Say #ArmMeWith Classroom Resources Instead of Guns

In the wake of yet another tragic school shooting, teachers have started an eye-opening movement on social media to let the world know what preventative measures really need to be taken seriously to protect students. In response to the recent mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, President Trump suggested that some teachers receive gun training so they can be armed in their classrooms.