To donate by check, phone, or other method, see our More Ways to Give page.

×
      LATEST NEWSOPINIONCLIMATEECONOMY POLITICS RIGHTS & JUSTICEWAR & PEACE
      LATEST NEWS
      OPINION

      supreme court

      Piglets playing.

      Supreme Court Animal Welfare Ruling a Win for Democracy

      In a surprising decision, the corporate-coddling court ruled that the people, not the meatpacking industry, should shape agricultural policy.

      Jim Hightower
      Jun 04, 2023

      It’s an odd marketing strategy for an industry to assail its own consumers.

      Yet, that’s what the monopolistic meatpacking industry—led by such huge conglomerates as Tyson, Smithfield, JBS, and Hormel, which control nearly 70% of America’s pork market—is doing.

      Keep ReadingShow Less
      Opinion
      Animal Rights
      Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

      Justice Jackson Voices Lone Dissent Against Supreme Court Attack on Right to Strike

      The Biden appointee accused the Court of overstepping its bounds in a ruling denounced by one labor leader as "shameful."

      Olivia Rosane
      Jun 01, 2023

      The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 8-1 in favor of a concrete company and against its striking workers, in a decision progressive advocates called "de-facto union busting."

      The lone dissenting voice, liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, argued that her colleagues overstepped their authority in siding with the company instead of deferring to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

      Keep ReadingShow Less
      News
      supreme court
      President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Alexis McGill Johnson (L) marches with Planned Parenthood

      'An Inflection Point': Planned Parenthood Applauded for Backing US Supreme Court Expansion

      "A few short years ago, we were told court expansion was a pipe dream," said one advocate. "With support from groups boldly advocating at the state level to leading national organizations, our movement is growing stronger every day."

      Julia Conley
      May 15, 2023

      Justice advocates marked what they called a "huge" development in the fight for court reform on Monday as Planned Parenthood joined a national coalition that's pushing for the expansion of the U.S. Supreme Court, with the president of the reproductive rights organization saying the court's "capture" by the far right calls for "structural" change.

      Alexis McGill Johnson, who leads the Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said Monday that the group is joining Just Majority, a coalition including more than 35 groups that are currently on a nationwide tour highlighting ethics violations at the Supreme Court and how reforms including expansion could help protect democracy and secure justice on the highest judicial panel in the country.

      Keep ReadingShow Less
      News
      US Supreme Court
      SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER
      Quality journalism. Progressive values. Direct to your inbox.
      Follow Us
      Most Popular

      250,000 Floridians Get Kicked Off Medicaid as DeSantis Rakes in Big Donor Cash

      When 3 Men Richer Than 165 Million People, Sanders Says Working Class Must 'Come Together'

      Of Course It's Greedflation—and Here's How We Stop It

      To Save US Democracy, Tax the Rich at 90%

      'Web of Deception': Syngenta Docs Show Company Tried to Hide Pesticide's Link to Parkinson's

      The War in Ukraine Was Provoked—and Why That Matters to Achieve Peace

      Here Are the Progressives Who Voted Against the GOP's Debt Ceiling 'Extortion Scheme'

      Clarence "Private Jet" Thomas Is Getting People Killed

      Justice Jackson Voices Lone Dissent Against Supreme Court Attack on Right to Strike

      Manchin, Tester, and Sinema Join Senate GOP in 'Cruel' Vote to Repeal Biden Student Debt Relief

      SUPPORT COMMON DREAMS TODAY
      SUPPORT INDEPENDENT
      JOURNALISM TODAY
      We Can't Do It
      Without You!