500,000 dead Americans: One year of COVID exposes the rot of GOP ideology
Half a million dead and Texas in shambles — Democrats have a real chance to destroy “small government” arguments...
read moreHalf a million dead and Texas in shambles — Democrats have a real chance to destroy “small government” arguments...
read moreGetting the vaccine means you’ve done your part to slow the spread of COVID-19, but it does not give you a free pass just yet. If we...
read more57% of the electorate thinks the government doesn’t spend enough on anti-poverty initiatives, while 56% want to see more...
read moreThe U.S.’s 664 billionaires now have a combined net worth of $4.2 trillion. Source: As US Mourns 500,000 Lives, Billionaires...
read more“The collapse of the Texas power grid didn’t just reveal a few shortcomings — it showed that the entire philosophy...
read moreUtah Sen. Mike Lee held a fundraiser at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club last weekend, and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem plans one for March....
read moreMore than half of LGBT adults identify as bisexual, and women are more likely than men to be bisexual, new Gallup survey data shows....
read moreHeld back by infighting and hard-liners on the Hill, the administration may have squandered precious time to save the Iran nuclear...
read more“[T]he court’s conservative majority could soon embrace a strong version of the independent state legislature doctrine....
read more“Since the pandemic began,” says New York’s attorney general, “it is clear that Amazon has valued profit over people.” Source: As...
read moreThe bill instead includes expanded tax credits for businesses that offer paid leave. Advocates are turning their sights toward the...
read moreBiden and Netanyahu have very different views on the nuclear deal. Source: U.S. and Israel to reconvene Iran working group –...
read moreDemocrats want to pay billions to put Americans on expensive corporate health insurance plans rather than expand Medicare or create a...
read moreIf President Trump had handled the coronavirus pandemic with even moderate competence, he probably would have been reelected. In the...
read moreU.S. immigration courts lack the transparency of other federal courts, creating a body of secret law that harms the nation as well as...
read moreOutlawing ecocide would hold governments and corporations accountable for environmental negligence. We can’t wait Source: To stop...
read moreHis pledge to end US support for the Yemen war and to prioritize diplomacy was a good start—but there’s much more to be done. Source:...
read moreSen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) used a hearing Tuesday to promote a ridiculous theory of events — part of a broader effort to gaslight the...
read moreThe combined policing budgets of these cities is 3.6 times greater than their public health department budgets. Source: 10 Largest US...
read moreWest is convinced that his views on the Palestine issue are the real reason for which Harvard will not give him a permanent job....
read morePolice brutality didn’t just go away because white supremacists attacked Congress. Source: Merrick Garland says the Capitol...
read moreAccording to Arizona Department of Corrections whistleblowers, hundreds of incarcerated people who should be eligible for release are...
read moreIndustry-designed bills to silence climate protests are under consideration in Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota and Montana. More are...
read moreThe Guttmacher Institute analyzed the impact of rescinding the amendment, which bars U.S. foreign aid from being used to pay for...
read moreA federal judge on Tuesday ruled that California can for the first time enforce its tough net neutrality law, clearing the way for...
read moreNewly-released satellite images have revealed that the Israeli regime — the sole possessor of nuclear arms in the Middle East...
read moreCalifornia’s dominant strain can spread more easily, shows some resistance to antibodies and is associated with severe...
read moreExtending a temporary order, a federal judge indefinitely bans the Biden administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on most...
read moreThe shot was found to be 66.9% effective against moderate to severe/critical COVID-19 cases 14 days after vaccination, and 66.1%...
read more“It’s not our student debt—but we still want Biden to forgive it.” Source: Harvard Newspaper to Biden: Cancel...
read moreBlack women who powered Democrats to stunning win in Georgia have been fielding calls from other states eager to learn Source: ‘We’ve...
read moreThe Biden administration has reopened an unlicensed, Trump-era prison camp that’s expected to jail up to 700 children who arrived to...
read moreDoctors have largely been trained into complicity with a medical money machine. Source: Opinion | By Putting Big Pharma’s...
read moreOn the one year anniversary of his death, the mother of Ahmaud Arbery has filed a lawsuit, alleging there was a conspiracy to protect...
read moreOnly three weeks have passed since the coup but protesters have already used various creative methods to express dissent. Military...
read moreThe Israeli military has once again carried out a number of missile attacks from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, targeting several...
read moreA Chambers County resident filed a class-action lawsuit against electricity retailer Griddy on Monday, accusing the provider of price...
read more20,000 nursing home residents died from 2004 to 2016 because they lived in nursing homes run by private equity firms, according to...
read moreTwo reactors at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan have begun leaking cooling water following last weekend’s 7.3...
read morePeople in Rochester are taking to the streets protesting the decision by a grand jury not to indict officers involved in the death of...
read more. The combined effect of the pandemic as well as the emerging global recession “could, without large-scale coordinated action,...
read moreWage cap allows millionaires to stop contributing to Social Security on February 23, 2021. Source: Opinion | Scrap the Cap! Today Is...
read moreTo do anything less than what Biden has proposed would be irresponsible and reckless. Source: Opinion | Congress Must Pass...
read moreA path to citizenship is the mainstream position. That’s just a fact, no matter how its opponents try to spin it. The anti-immigrant...
read more“This is an anti-immigrant, low-wage bill masquerading as an attempt to help American workers.” Source:...
read more“We will never get on top of this pandemic if the undocumented are left out,” said Dr. Sharon Davis, chief medical officer at Los...
read moreSteve Scalise’s appearance on This Week underscores how election-related disinformation has persisted, owing in part to news outlets’...
read more337,000 pounds of benzene, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfur dioxide were flared, as well as an indeterminate amount of...
read moreInstead of transformative changes, we get Black History Month-themed Apple Watches and Black sitcom collections on Netflix Source: A...
read moreThe panel outlined how the Senate Republicans who have threatened to reject the confirmation of President Biden’s Interior secretary,...
read moreAn ambitious and star-studded new Netflix series looks at the importance and legacy of an amendment that calls for equality and...
read moreWhile the success of one of these measures or something similar is not assured, I believe that, thanks to the pandemic, there’s a...
read moreThe senator said he opposed Tom Vilsack’s confirmation “because at a time when corporate consolidation of agriculture is...
read moreCongress has issued a report on the longest war in U.S. history. Here’s hoping Biden ignores it. Source: How Biden Should Not Leave...
read more“It shouldn’t be up to Facebook and Google to cherry pick and groom publishers it deems acceptable for side deals.”...
read moreWhen Joe Manchin, the senior United States senator from West Virginia, says he’s does not support zapping the filibuster, does...
read moreWhite supremacist and other far-right hate groups are becoming a “transnational threat” that requires “global...
read moreWe need a democratic, decentralized farm and food industry that works for people and our planet. The status quo is not sustainable....
read moreThe GOP is pushing new voter restrictions nationwide, but most Americans want more time and more options to cast their ballots, a new...
read moreCentrist Democrats want to gut the wage hike, but progressives have more power than ever in Congress. Source: Progressives Vow to...
read moreThe skyrocketing bills are a result of the state’s years-long push to deregulate its energy market, says Tyson Slocum, director of...
read more“Kids need a place to call home—that’s why they should be with their families, friends, and community...
read moreBiden’s early reforms are promising — and what the US does can help set standards for the rest of the world Source: Biden must...
read moreIn plain language, cities are no longer built “for the common people to live in”; they are built as financial instruments “for people...
read moreAs part of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus package, Biden wants to send $350 billion to state and local governments and tribal...
read moreThe year 2050 has been predicted by some to be a bleak year for the ocean. Experts say that by 2050 there may be more plastic than...
read moreNearly every morning U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) tweets a Bible quote to show he’s a devout Christian, but his policies...
read moreMayor Svante Myrick’s new proposal would replace the city’s existing police department with a “Department of Community Solutions and...
read moreSome members of Congress may be getting nervous now that the FBI can trace their contacts on the day of the insurrection. Source: FBI...
read more“Deeply, deeply messed up… Honduras, 7,500 miles away, will get some but Palestinians living under Israeli control still...
read moreExperts are urging advanced economies to share their vaccine stockpiles in order to end the pandemic sooner. Source: WHO Urges Rich...
read moreMoris provided a succinct summary of the issues of democratic principle at stake, in the US attempt to prosecute Assange for lawful...
read more2021 may be an off year, but there are numerous important elections taking place nationwide, ranging from gubernatorial elections to...
read more“The world’s going to have to get vaccinated either way,” said Peter Maybarduk of Public Citizen. “The longer...
read moreEconomic crises shine a spotlight on a society’s inequities and hierarchies, as well as its commitment to support those who are most...
read morePresident Maduro denounced the continuous attacks against his country and recalled that those resources could have been used to fight...
read moreA damning report released publicly Monday found flaws at nearly every stage of Aurora police and paramedics’ treatment of Elijah...
read moreAccording to a review of Donald Trump’s financial disclosures by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW),...
read moreSouthern Poverty Law Center to release latest figures in project tracking movement to take down the monuments Source: 160 Confederate...
read more50-state report on jury disqualification laws and their impact on jury diversity Source: Rigging the jury: How each state reduces...
read moreWith the US approaching 500,000 Covid-19 deaths, President Joe Biden will mark the grim milestone Monday with a candle lighting...
read moreThe life expectancy of Americans fell by one full year in the first half of last year. That’s an estimate of how long, on...
read moreA new open source database launched by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education...
read moreOn Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) formally backtracked from President Joe Biden’s pledge to halt deportations...
read moreWith his announcement that he “will not” cancel $50,000 of student loan debt, Biden commenced the first battle with the progressives...
read moreWe need Guaranteed Jobs. President Biden’s proposed Civilian Climate Corps is a positive step in this direction. Source:...
read moreFauci predicted the country would be “approaching a degree of normality” by the end of the year, but says face coverings...
read moreBecause gerrymandering creates noncompetitive districts, many of the Georgia legislators who will be drawing the new maps got their...
read moreFacebook on Monday said it had struck a deal with Australian lawmakers to pay local publishers for their news content, after the...
read moreOne advocacy group urged Biden to instead “nominate someone who will put the public interest ahead of corporate...
read moreDominion Voting Systems on Monday sued MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for more than $1.3 billion in damages, alleging that the Trump ally...
read moreTom Vilsack is expected to pursue the interests of agribusiness like he did as Agricultural Secretary under Obama. Source: Biden’s...
read moreThe Stimulus Check Debacle Is Why People Don’t Trust Politicians Source: The Stimulus Check Debacle Is Why People Don’t Trust...
read moreI think that all of the data is really suggesting that we do need to follow through with the second dose within the timeframe that...
read moreThe ICC ruling this month means that the court in the Hague can now go ahead and investigate Israel for war crimes during events such...
read moreFor decades, cinema has presented the bureau as the best of America. Now a new drama starring Daniel Kaluuya finally dispels that...
read moreTorn between mending ties with Germany or Republicans in Congress, the Biden administration takes a softer line on Nord Stream 2 than...
read moreRaymond Wood alleged in a letter he ensured was read after his death that both the FBI and the New York City Police Department (NYPD)...
read moreDPIC began looking more closely into death-row exonerations in the U.S. in the twenty years since the Supreme Court ruled in Furman...
read moreThe details of the two tales vary, but the narrative arcs are eerily similar. In the chaos of 2020, the national press corps used all...
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