Alert: NATO now has 40,000 soldiers on Europe’s border with Russia
The number of troops under NATO command stationed across the alliance’s eastern flank has reached 40,000, nearly 10...
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What you need to know about the anti-democracy movement
Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech financier who is among those leading the charge, writes “I no longer believe that freedom and...
read moreWhat Is Offensive, What Is Defensive, In The Ukraine Conflict?
If Russia vs. Ukraine war is seen to be starting from February 24 2022, then clearly Russia is in the offensive position in this war....
read moreThe Time to Prevent the Next Coup Attempt Is Now
Down-ballot, unsexy races at the state and local level will determine if there’s a free and fair election in 2024....
read moreJuly 30 – March For Medicare For All
The grassroots, volunteer led activist group March for Medicare for All returns to Washington D.C. on Medicare’s birthday for their...
read moreAlert: MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS ITCHING TO SEND “HUNTER-KILLER” DRONES TO UKRAINE
The dangerous, restricted unmanned fighter planes would be a major step up in the arms the U.S. is giving to Ukraine....
read moreFour Key Measures of Climate Change Set Records in 2021
Greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean temperatures and ocean acidification all hit their highest recorded levels, a...
read moreAlert: Existing Fossil Fuel Fields And Mines Must Be Closed To Meet 1.5°C Goal
In order to meet the 1.5 goal, we will have to abandon nearly 40 percent of “developed reserves” of fossil fuels.“Going beyond recent...
read moreA “New Era” of NATO Expansion Deepens the Divide Between Russia and the West
Instead of integrating Russia into the Western world, the West moved NATO’s guns eastward. Seven other nations, including three...
read more‘We Were Expecting This,’ Says Family After Israel Says No Criminal Probe Into Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
Israel will not pursue a criminal investigation into the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, whose death...
read moreWar, Disasters Drive ‘All-Time High’ of Nearly 60 Million Displaced in Home Nations
The head of the Norwegian Refugee Council noted the situation “is phenomenally worse than even our record figure...
read moreLet’s Not Think About the Unthinkable
Let’s not think about the unthinkable; let’s not think we must show the Russians (or anyone else) that we’re willing to use nuclear...
read moreSummer Lee, Declaring Victory in Pennsylvania, Puts Dark Money Democrats on Notice
The United Democracy Project, a super PAC for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, poured millions to defeat Lee in a...
read moreProgressives Condemn DCCC Chair for ‘Disgraceful’ Self-Dealing in NY Primary Debacle
Sunrise NYC denounced Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney’s plan to run against progressive Rep. Mondaire Jones “and potentially...
read moreBiden invokes Defense Production Act to address infant formula shortage, among other actions
The President is invoking the act — which allows the government more control over industrial production during emergencies...
read moreDoctors in Alabama Already Turn Away Miscarrying Patients. This Will Be America’s New Normal.
The state constitution already bans abortion. It’s a disaster for reproductive health care.
read more‘I Simply Cannot Stand By’: Jayapal Endorses Cisneros Against Anti-Abortion Incumbent Cuellar
“At a time when our reproductive freedoms are under attack by an extremist Supreme Court, we must elect pro-choice candidates...
read moreAlert: Republicans Introduce Bill to Stop Biden Canceling Student-Loan Debt
The Student Loan Accountability Act would prohibit Biden’s Education, Justice, and Treasury Departments from taking any action...
read moreTime to End the West’s Xenophobic Double Standard on Refugees
Racism lowers the floor for how all people are treated. But it’s not too late to change.
read moreLooks Like Another ‘Bad Blue’ Just Bit the Dust
On Tuesday, yet another “Bad Blue” apparently went down to defeat — with seven-term Congressman Kurt Schrader of Oregon running...
read moreAlert: ICE Is Tracking Your Every Move
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has become known for both mass deportations and unmarked-van snatchings of peaceful protesters....
read moreTed Cruz hit with 15-page ethics complaint seeking to have him disbarred: NYT
Citing the suspension of Rudy Giuliani’s law license by the state of New York, an activist organization seeks to have Sen. Ted...
read moreSenior Trump Official at State Met With Election Denial Activists January 6
Robert A. Destro, a law professor at Catholic University of America then serving as an assistant secretary of state, confirmed to The...
read moreBill Barr in discussions to cooperate with Jan. 6 committee
Trump berated Barr repeatedly to get the Justice Department to declare the 2020 election stolen. Barr refused.Barr told Trump in a...
read moreIn Telling Slip, George W. Bush Condemns the ‘Unjustified and Brutal Invasion of Iraq’
“It’s hard to get past the nihilistic evil of killing hundreds of thousands, making millions into refugees, and turning...
read moreMaking “Impregnators” Pay Their Fair Share
“Making it a civil offense for wrongful conception would allow pregnant people to financially recover 50 percent of all...
read moreAlert: US to offer India $500 mn in military aid to reduce Russia dependence: Report
The effort is part of a much larger initiative by President Joe Biden’s administration to court India as a long-term security...
read moreGreen Groups Urge California Gov. Newsom to Close Aging Nuclear Plant on Schedule
“Diablo Canyon is dangerous, dirty, and expensive,” a coalition of environmental organizations said in a letter to...
read moreAnalysis: 26 US Billionaires Paid Average Tax Rate of Just 4.8% in Recent Years
“When you include their untaxed wealth growth in the calculation, many billionaires pay almost nothing,” said Frank...
read moreTwitter unveils “crisis misinformation policy” to slow down viral tweets
This content moderation effort, like many others at Twitter, could be totally or partially undone if Elon Musk buys the company....
read moreBiden’s Little-Publicized Medicare Privatization Scheme Is Starting To Raise Alarm Bells
The Biden administration hasn’t stopped trying to privatize Medicare. But a pushback is gaining steam.
read moreAlert: Staggering declines in bird populations taking place around the world
Staggering declines in bird populations are taking place around the world, mainly due to the loss and degradation of natural habitats...
read moreAlert: Doug Mastriano’s Pa. victory could give 2020 denier oversight of 2024
The GOP gubernatorial nominee has made falsehoods in support of former president Trump central to his campaign.
read moreNY AG Letitia James will investigate the social media channels used by Buffalo shooter
The New York investigation will encompass Discord, Twitch, 4chan and 8chan.
read moreAlert: Swarms Of Israeli Bots Are Crippling Pro-Palestinian Twitter Accounts
These accounts included those belonging to human rights and activist organizations Adalah, Combatants for Peace, Breaking the...
read moreHere is the Proud Boys plan to take over the Republican Party in S. Florida
Led by practicing attorney Gabe Carrera, who recently published a video of himself in-person on Telegram with both he and McInnes...
read moreDisinformation Governance Board ‘paused’ after just 3 weeks
Nina Jankowicz was the subject of online attacks from the moment she was named head of the newly created Disinformation Governance...
read more6 Gun Shops, 11,000 ‘Crime Guns’: A Rare Peek at the Pipeline
In Philadelphia, the most comprehensive study in decades found a handful of dealers selling a huge number of guns used illegally. A...
read moreNew desalination system uses Teflon-like membrane to make seawater potable
Clean drinking water is already in short supply in many places around the world, but the situation is only expected to get worse with...
read moreElon Musk Says He Will Vote Republican During Next Election Cycle
The tech billionaire said that he historically voted Democrat in the past, but now claims that Democrats were a party of...
read moreA Former Minneapolis Cop Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in George Floyd Killing
As part of the plea deal, Thomas Lane will have a count of aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder dismissed. Lane,...
read moreGulf States’ Foreign Influence Operation Targeting Iran’s IRGC
IN 2019, the Trump administration took the controversial step of listing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an ideological branch...
read moreBig Wins, Tough Losses in Key Progressive Primary Fights
Not every left-leaning candidate was victorious in Tuesday’s primary contests, but on the whole, the Democratic Party’s...
read moreNATO: The New Iron Curtain
With the back-to-back announcements that Finland and Sweden intend to apply for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,...
read moreAs Senators Try to Expand War Crimes Jurisdiction, Critics Ask if US War Criminals Count
“I’ve got names and addresses of American war criminals if any senators are interested,” quipped veteran journalist...
read more‘A Slap in the Face to Voters’: Kansas Supreme Court Upholds GOP Map
“As a result of this decision, minority voters and Democratic voters will have their voices diluted for the next 10 years...
read moreThe US War Budget Is Failing Young People
Redefining our national budget priorities is not only possible, it is an imperative step toward the larger reform needed to protect...
read morePollution caused 1 in 6 deaths globally for five years, study says
In 2015, 1 in 6 deaths worldwide stemmed from poor air quality, unsafe water and toxic chemical pollution. That deadly toll — 9...
read moreDemocratic Voters Deliver Stinging Rebuke to Party’s Manchin-Sinema Wing
Voters shrugged off an obscene amount of spending from super PACs to send a message to Democrats: Do something.
read moreDisturbing primary elections show how the GOP normalizes extremism
When dangerous GOP extremists emerge, the party approaches them with kid gloves.
read moreTerrorism expert explains why the Great Replacement theory is so central to white racist ideology
“This belief transforms social issues into direct threats: Immigration is a problem because immigrants will outbreed the white...
read moreHow political partisanship led to one million COVID-19 deaths in the United States
With such a devastating pandemic sweeping the country, and the globe, why would so many Americans forego a potentially life-saving...
read moreUS Policy Of Exclusion Undermines Its Own Hegemonic Aspirations
The feasible, constructive alternative to a faltering Monroe doctrine is for Washington to respect the right of Latin America to have...
read moreEnvironmental Advocates Decry Plan to Dump Water From Fukushima Into the Pacific
Despite outcry from local leaders and the Japanese public and warnings from environmental campaigners, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation...
read moreData shows 75% of all political violence in America over the past decade was perpetrated by the far-right
Over the past decade, the Anti-Defamation League has counted about 450 U.S. murders committed by political extremists.Of these 450...
read moreAlert: Democratic Leadership Sided With Corporatists to Fight Progressives in Primaries
“The Democratic Party as a whole has to make a decision: Is it the party of the corporatists, or is it the party of the people?” says...
read moreJan. 6 committee chair says panel won’t provide DOJ ‘unilateral’ access to transcripts
The hesitation comes as members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol have otherwise been...
read moreDeath by a Thousand Cuts: Where Is the West’s Ukraine Strategy? “Clueless Pentagon and CIA ‘Experts’”
Ukraine was never about a military win. What is being accomplished is the slow, painful destruction of the European Union (EU)...
read moreWas the US Really Ever Trying to Win the War on Drugs?
The US spends around $48 billion on the war on drugs each year. The massive spending doesn’t do much to stop drug use, but it has...
read moreAlert: Pentagon doesn’t hold anyone accountable for 2019 Syria strike that killed four civilians following review
Despite all their flowery words about “doing better,” the Pentagon — notorious for covering up, burying, or straight-up...
read moreNew Federal Report Shows Two-Decade Surge in Gun Manufacturing
Licensed gun makers built 11.3 million firearms in 2020, a 187% increase over the number they made in 2000, according to the report....
read moreFar-right Arizona lawmaker under investigation after posting claim that the racial massacre in Buffalo was a false flag staged by the FBI
On Monday, the Phoenix New Times reported that the Arizona State Senate has opened an investigation into extremist Rep. Wendy...
read moreUS puts ‘disinformation board’ on hold
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has “paused” its Disinformation Governance Board, the Washington Post claimed in a story...
read moreHouse Progressives Urge Executive Action From Biden on Baby Formula ‘Emergency’
“We have an infant hunger crisis looming,” said Rep. Ayanna Pressley, “and a whole of government response is...
read moreEx-Trump Official Quits GOP, Says Republican Party Is Now A Threat To America
A former Homeland Security official in the Trump administration who later turned into one of the former president’s critics has quit...
read moreIsrael Knows It Will Get Away With the Attack on Shireen Abu Aqleh’s Funeral
The violent scenes in Jerusalem are a symptom of a culture of impunity among the Israeli leadership and the police force it oversees...
read moreThe man who could rig the 2024 election
Pennsylvania Republicans have nominated State Senator Doug Mastriano to be the next governor. Mastriano is one of the most radical...
read morePentagon officials testify at first public UFO hearing in more than 50 years
There is little doubt that the unidentified objects are real objects, whatever they may be, because at least 80 of the 144 incidents...
read moreAlert: Fed Nominee Michael Barr Discloses 82 Different Fintech Investments
Michael Barr has been nominated as vice chair of supervision for the Federal Reserve, responsible for regulating the top financial...
read more‘We Have to Flip This Seat’: After Senate Primary Win, Fetterman Shifts Focus to Beating GOP
“This is the most important race in the country,” said Democratic U.S. Senate nominee John Fetterman. “Control of...
read moreThe Future of Press Freedom Depends on Assange Case
The world awaits the decision of U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel in the case of Julian Assange. Last month, a British court sent the...
read moreIsrael has great replacement theory on Palestinians
“In the Israeli-Palestinian context, ‘Great Replacement Theory’ is expressed as opposition to the Palestinian right of return,” said...
read morePennsylvania’s GOP Nominee for Governor Is Arguably the Scariest Man in Politics
Exit Cawthorn, enter Doug Mastriano — the far right election denier who just won the Republican nomination in Pennsylvania’s...
read moreGleaning Hope From Latin America’s Abortion Rights Revolution
After centuries of living under some of the most draconian abortion laws imaginable, millions of women in Latin America now have...
read moreTop 8 Ways to tell if you’re a White Supremacist who believes in the Great Replacement
In the US it is expressed as the false idea that an elite cabal of Jews and Democrats is “replacing” white Americans with Black,...
read moreBipartisan Group of 23 Senators Calls to Augment Budget of U.S. Financial Crime Fighters
Today, Sens. Whitehouse (D-RI) and Grassley (R-IA), published a letter signed by 23 bipartisan Senators addressed to congressional...
read morePA Primary Is Too Close to Call, But Trump Says ‘Dr. Oz Should Declare Victory’ Anyway
“This is why we keep saying Trump is a clear and present danger to democracy.”
read moreThe responses to this poll over ‘the great replacement’ are concerning, but so is the poll itself
According to Morning Consult, their poll shows that fears about “immigration policy that weakens whites’ power” are a bigger concern...
read moreOnline privacy is nearly impossible for pregnant women
If Roe vs. Wade is overturned, personal data collected via the internet could become evidence of criminal intent if women seek an...
read moreTo Honor Shireen Abu Akleh’s Life, Demand Accountability for Her Death
There needs to be an independent investigation by an international body into Shireen’s death—otherwise, it will be the latest example...
read moreUS Accused of Stealing Syrian Oil as Sanctions Waiver Aims to Divide Country
Washington has been accused of continuing its theft of Syrian oil as some 70 tankers were reported to have left the country via the...
read moreThe U.S. men’s and women’s soccer teams will be paid equally under a new deal
The U.S. Soccer Federation announced Wednesday that it has reached a deal to pay the U.S. Men’s National Team and the U.S....
read moreRepublicans block bill to stop price gouging at the pump as gas hits new record high
Rep. McMorris Rodgers on Monday claimed that making it illegal for oil companies to price gouge is “socialism,” something that’s done...
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Alert: The Supreme Court Just Streamlined the Process for Bribing Senators
Ted Cruz manufactured a case to upend anti-corruption provisions, and it worked.
read moreAlert: Earth’s Atmospheric CO2 Hasn’t Been This High In Millions of Years
“Either we drive the fossil fuel industry into extinction—or the human race.”
read more‘A Shameful Distinction’: Us Ranked World’s Biggest Perpetrator of Financial Secrecy
“That isn’t a prize the U.S. wants to claim for itself,” said one critic. “The combination of secrecy and...
read moreU.S. Government Offering Twice As Many COVID Test Kits Via Mail
The government previously limited households to one order of four at-home rapid test kits, however, households can now order eight...
read moreFDA authorizes Pfizer COVID booster for children 5-11
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children between...
read moreAlert: NATO starts drills near Russian border
Large-scale NATO military drills started in Estonia on Monday. The exercise dubbed ‘Hedgehog 2022’ is one of the largest in the...
read moreAlert: A War Accelerates Space Race
Overseeing the technologies and weaponization of space, by both countries and companies, is critical to prevent avoidable and...
read moreAlert: Pentagon-funded Think Tank simulates war with China on NBC
NBC’s Meet the Press just aired an absolutely freakish segment in which the influential narrative management firm Center for a New...
read more‘Failure of an American ideology’: why Covid has an outsized impact on the US
As the US records 1 million Covid deaths, experts note underinvestment in long-term care, primary care and public health all...
read moreThe US Needs a Better Gun Policy. Democrats Can Make It Happen If They Want To
The gun control movement faces many challenges, but advocates’ passion is rising.
read moreTrump’s campaign committee dodges penalty as federal watchdog deadlocks on complaint it laundered hundreds of millions of dollars
Federal regulators have deadlocked on a complaint that Donald Trump’s 2020 White House campaign laundered hundreds of millions...
read moreDecarbonizing US Energy System Would Save 50,000 Lives and $600 Billion a Year: Study
The findings, the authors write, “offer a clear rationale for mitigating climate change on public health grounds.”...
read moreThe Iraqi Dust Bowl: The US Invaded for its Oil, but now Climate Change from burning Fossil Fuels is Smothering the Country
Al Jazeera reports that Iraq is suffering its 8th major sand storm since the beginning of April, causing the Ministry of Health to...
read moreIt feels like ‘no one really cares’ that Black Americans are terrified of being murdered by white supremacists
It doesn’t stop with victims.It doesn’t stop with victims’ families.It reaches across time and space to colonize our minds....
read moreAlert: Pro-Israel lobbying group Aipac secretly pouring millions into defeating progressive Democrats
American Israel Public Affairs Committee has disguised its efforts to undermine pro-Palestinian candidates Source: Pro-Israel...
read more11 Republican Senators Vote Against $40 Billion In Security Assistance For Ukraine
Eleven Republican senators bucked their leadership and voted against a motion advancing a $40 billion security assistance package for...
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