Given the gridlock in Washington, the most effective way for the US to enact productive environmental legislation to combat climate change is by embracing local initiatives and state-level programs.
With dysfunction running rampant in Washington, the American public needs a powerful grassroots movement that puts pressure on Congress to mobilize, not one that exacerbates the problem.
While the motivations behind the Occupy Money Cooperative are honorable, the bank is destined to fail because it operates within a capitalist framework.
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay for five years before given a trial in 2010, but he should never have been detained in the first place.
In wake of Slate columnist Emily Yoffe's article claiming women are responsible for rape prevention, staff columnist Christina Coleburn makes the case that prevention efforts should target aggresors, not victims.
Given a recent report by the Walk Free Foundation revealing tens of millions of people are enslaved around the world, slavery is far from an ancient practice but a modern day problem that continues to go unchallenged and underreported.
