The pilot, Doug Hughes, turned down a plea deal at a recent hearing, saying he wouldn’t accept jail time for an act of civil disobedience designed to highlight corporate corruption.
The pilot, Doug Hughes, turned down a plea deal at a recent hearing, saying he wouldn’t accept jail time for an act of civil disobedience designed to highlight corporate corruption.
It’s “common sense” for the U.S. to openly engage with Iran on many issues, including the greatest threat to the region today: ISIS.
It’s “common sense” for the U.S. to openly engage with Iran on many issues, including the greatest threat to the region today: ISIS.
As global pressure and regional shifts undermine Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, Palestine supporters from more than 20 countries are preparing for the latest attempt to defy it.
As global pressure and regional shifts undermine Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, Palestine supporters from more than 20 countries are preparing for the latest attempt to defy it.
Muslims For Liberty goes right into the “belly of the beast” to confront Islamophobia at its source, and it’s been surprisingly effective.
Muslims For Liberty goes right into the “belly of the beast” to confront Islamophobia at its source, and it’s been surprisingly effective.
“The lens that we operate under is that we view this as structural racism,” a community organizer tells MintPress. “While we have a mayor and a chancellor that are black, they’re kind of operating under this system that values white folks in a better light.”
“The lens that we operate under is that we view this as structural racism,” a community organizer tells MintPress. “While we have a mayor and a chancellor that are black, they’re kind of operating under this system that values white folks in a better light.”
MintPress attended a recent panel discussion on how Wal-Mart workers are organizing — or failing to organize — to protect their rights everywhere from “Bentonville to Beijing.”
MintPress attended a recent panel discussion on how Wal-Mart workers are organizing — or failing to organize — to protect their rights everywhere from “Bentonville to Beijing.”
MintPress goes to Detroit to meet the activists, entrepreneurs, social experimenters and proactive members of the community who are ready to show the rest of the country and the world that Detroit is more than a played-out image of a dystopian has-been.
MintPress goes to Detroit to meet the activists, entrepreneurs, social experimenters and proactive members of the community who are ready to show the rest of the country and the world that Detroit is more than a played-out image of a dystopian has-been.
