US Launched 251 Military Interventions Since 1991, And 469 Since 1798
This is according to a report by the Congressional Research Service, a US government institution that compiles information on behalf...
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Alert: Contractors Cash In As Congress Adds Billions To Pentagon Budget
U.S. military spending is, of course, astronomically high — more than that of the next nine countries combined. Here’s the...
read moreAlert: Democratic National Committee Edited Bylaws to Let It Overrule Convention
The new language requires the smaller committee to ratify any changes that its broader membership at the national convention wants to...
read moreVeteran’s Letter to Biden—Negotiate Don’t Escalate in Ukraine
Mr. President, you might have stopped this war from happening merely by announcing that Ukraine would not become part of NATO and...
read moreLook Out: How the GOP’s Newest Anti-Voting Scam Works
Purging Democratic voters from the rolls has now gone nationwide, at least in states where voting is controlled by Republicans...
read moreAnti-War Voices Warn US Bill on Taiwan ‘Will Make War Much More Likely’
Sen. Ed Markey, who voted against the measure, said lawmakers must “do everything we can to avoid a situation that could draw...
read moreMark Meadows becomes most senior Trump official to comply with DOJ subpoena
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has complied with a subpoena from the Justice Department’s investigation into...
read moreAlert: Election Deniers Are Gearing Up to Take Office
Republicans who claim the 2020 election was rigged are on the ballot for 60 percent of the electorate. Their influence on future...
read moreMar-a-Lago Documents: Trump Delaying Tactics Causing ‘Irreparable Harm,’ DOJ Says
Justice department court filing argues that judge’s special master ruling impedes its review of highly classified documents...
read moreThe Midterm’s Choice Between Authoritarianism and Semi- Democracy
“The War is Not Meant to be Won, It Is Meant to be Continuous” —Orwell
read moreIt’s Time to Acknowledge the Endless Growth Model Under Capitalism Is Unsustainable
The planet is running out of resources, and humanity is living beyond its means.
read moreDonald Trump warns of ‘big problems’ if he is indicted
Despite being under four separate criminal investigations Donald Trump said he has not received a target letter from the Dept. of...
read moreRail Unions Stress Tentative Deal Must Still Win Approval From Rank-and-File
Early reactions suggest some rail workers are furious at the agreement, with one anonymous employee calling it “garbage”...
read more‘DOJ if you’re listening’: MSNBC panel lays out MAGA conspiracy to commit election fraud
Wallace interviewed NBC News correspondent Vaughn Hillyard about his reporting on election-denying GOP hopefuls.”These folks...
read moreCan US Democracy Survive This Fall?
The 2022 midterms and the 2024 general elections will profoundly impact the trajectory of our political system.
read moreUS Announces Fund to Benefit Afghan Economy—Using Half of the Stolen Afghan Bank Reserves
The money being placed in the Afghan Fund represents half of the Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) reserves, stored in the Federal Reserve...
read moreYouTube Pushing Pro-Bolsonaro Content To Brazilians, Study Finds
With The 2022 Election Only Weeks Away, YouTube, Owned By US Tech Giant Google, Has Been Found To Be Favouring Pro-Bolsonaro Videos...
read moreEnd of Covid-19 pandemic is in sight, WHO director-general says, ‘so let’s seize this opportunity’
“Last week, the number of weekly reported deaths from Covid-19 was the lowest since March 2020,” he said. “We have...
read moreSwedish PM resigns after conceding election defeat to rightwing bloc
Loose coalition of far-right Sweden Democrats and centre-right parties wins majority of three in parliament Source: Swedish PM...
read moreHave you heard? Over-the-counter hearing aids to become available in the US
improving access to hearing aids will enhance more than patients’ hearing. The hope is that over-the-counter sales will also...
read more‘New form of capitalism’: Why Patagonia’s billionaire founder donated his company to fight climate change
Yvon Chouinard, renowned for his aversion to material wealth and passion for nature, established “a specially designed trust...
read moreAlert: Don Bolduc Wins GOP Primary: Will New Hampshire Voters Send an Election Denier to the Senate?
Bolduc will now mount a long-shot challenge against Democratic incumbent Maggie Hassan, a target in the GOP’s broad-reaching campaign...
read moreMartha’s Vineyard Responds With Compassion After DeSantis Dumps Migrants in ‘Cruel Stunt’
“We are a caring and compassionate community and will not resort to the depravity of the extremist Republicans who think...
read moreEconomist Richard Wolff: Sanctions Against Russia, Inflation
European countries, as well as the United States, continue to be imperiled by an economic crisis following the imposition of...
read moreMan Seen Crushing Officer With Shield During Capitol Siege Convicted Of 7 Felonies
Patrick Edward McCaughey III had been filmed pressing a riot shield against police during last year’s riot in Washington....
read moreSenate Democrats Delay Same-Sex Marriage Vote Until After Midterms
Thus far, just three Republicans—Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Rob Portman of Ohio, and Thom Tillis of North...
read moreExpert Groups Resign in Protest Over ‘Crass Greenwashing’ of EU Climate Panel
“The E.U. Taxonomy was supposed to be a tool to fight greenwashing,” said one of the NGOs. “Instead, it’s...
read moreAlert; Some States Could Tax Forgiven Student Loan Debt
Indiana will apply state income taxes to federally forgiven student loans, joining North Carolina and Mississippi, diminishing the...
read moreSanders blocks proposal to force rail unions to accept labor deal
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday blocked a Republican request to force railroad workers and companies to accept the...
read moreThese Are The Safest Places in US to Live During Climate Change
The data points to very specific places across the country.
read moreAlert: Activists Unlawfully Arrested In Raids On Palestine Action Camp
Yesterday, Just Hours Before A Protest At UAV Engines (Owned By Elbit Systems), Headed By Rapper Lowkey, Police Raided And Dismantled...
read moreAn Inflated Pentagon Budget Is Not in the Country’s Best Interest
Scamming the taxpayer has become a way of life for the national security state.
read moreDoes Europe Still Need the U.S.?
In contemporary Europe, America feels like an afterthought
read moreWhy is mainstream US TV spreading moral panics about affirmative action run amok?
Television talkshows have huge power to influence what issues dominate American discourse. And that power demands responsibility...
read moreClear Creek County deputies shoot and kill man who asked for help after car crash
After getting stuck on a dirt road in Clear Creek County in June, Christian Glass called 911 for help.Instead, the 22-year-old was...
read moreGoFundMe for Pieper Lewis doubles goal to cover $150K restitution
A GoFundMe fundraiser created to support 17-year-old Pieper Lewis raised more than $350,000 from about 8,500 donations as of...
read moreTexas cop on trial says he had ‘no choice’ but shoot unarmed Jonathan Price
Fired Wolfe City officer Shaun Lucas shot and killed Price immediately after firing his Taser while trying to detain the man for...
read moreWoman sues San Francisco after DNA from rape kit used to arrest her on unrelated charge FIVE years later
A rape victim whose DNA from her sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime on...
read moreIdaho Far Right’s Election Loss to 18-Year-Old Climate Activist
THE NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN to stifle discussions of race and gender in public schools through misinformation and bullying suffered a...
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Robert Reich warns of Supreme Court case that could give GOP-led states ‘total power over our democracy’
Arguments scheduled for this fall in Moore versus Harper will petition the Court to embrace the fringe Independent State Legislature...
read moreWarning Of ‘War On Republicans,” Fox Stokes Next Insurrection
On Monday evening, Fox News stars Tucker Carlson and Jesse Watters each used the 21st anniversary of 9/11 to tell their millions of...
read moreNot the New Normal, These Are the Good Old Days
“Record” becomes as meaningless a term these days when speaking of weather as “unprecented” became years ago when talking...
read moreKagan has a message for Roberts about what’s really the legitimacy problem for the Court
“Judges create legitimacy problems for themselves … when they instead stray into places where it looks like they’re an extension of...
read moreAn exposé has revealed the GOP’s disturbing endgame for education
As Salon’s Kathryn Joyce has documented in considerable detail, a well-organized and well-funded far-right movement has been...
read moreMainstream Democrats dominated primaries. So did MAGA Republicans.
This should end any claims that our politics is afflicted by “polarization.”
read morePrimary Season Wraps With Democrats Sounding a Unified Populist Tone
Democratic hopes of holding the House rest on progressives winning swing seats.
read moreWHO Leads Global Health Coalition Demand for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
“It is our duty to prioritize our patients’ safety, dignity, and comfort and we are duty-bound to speak out about the...
read moreScam Alert! Beware the GOP’s Other Midterm Effort to Halt Democracy
Purging Democratic voters from the rolls has now gone nationwide, at least in states where voting is controlled by Republicans....
read moreEven These Capitalists Controlling $39 Trillion in Assets Know Fossil Fuel Era Must End
Governments must “enact policies the world needs to avert the worst of the climate crisis and… investors need to usher in...
read more‘He lied to them’: Mar-a-Lago affidavit suggests Donald Trump made false statements to attorneys
Business Insider’s Tom Porter reports, “According to the newly-released information, one Trump attorney told the DOJ ‘he was not...
read moreHow Whistleblowers Navigate a Security Minefield
Exposing wrongdoing is risky on the best of days. Whistleblower Aid cofounder John Tye explains the extensive steps needed to keep...
read more‘Follow the Money’: Sanders Explains Why Medicare for All Stalled in Congress
“Since 1998, in our corrupt political system, the private healthcare sector has spent more than $10.6 billion on lobbying and...
read moreEPA Workers Push Biden To Issue Climate Emergency, Hire Scientists
EPA Union Organizers Say The Agency Is Too Understaffed To Face The Climate Crisis.
read moreAlert: Fewer than half of Americans can name all three branches of government, survey finds
Americans’ understanding of basic facts about the U.S. government declined for the first time in six years, as fewer than half in a...
read morePrivate equity still investing billions in dirty energy despite pledge to clean up
Carlyle, Warburg Pincus and KKR are the worst offenders according to a new scorecard of private equity climate risks...
read moreHow to Fix the Railroad Crisis
Let’s remember, the American people chartered America’s railroads to serve us and to promote our security and prosperity. If private...
read moreThe Profiteers Behind The Culture War
Chris Rufo has become the face of a right-wing vendetta against critical race theory and LGBTQ education in public schools. As we...
read moreHaiti Is On Fire Again, and Again the US Helps the Wrong Side
Untroubled by the ballot, hugely unpopular, useless, negligent, and ruling without anything that could qualify as a functioning...
read moreBiden vs. Newsom on Farmworkers’ Right To Vote
In a heated debate over farmworker voting rights, California’s governor refuses to sign a bill to make it easier for workers to win...
read moreCommonwealth countries consider severing ties with monarchy after queen’s death
Jamaica, Belize and Antigua and Barbuda are planning referendums. Similar votes could come in Australia and New Zealand. In Canada,...
read moreLouisiana woman carrying skull-less fetus forced to travel to New York for abortion
Nancy Davis suffered ‘unspeakable pain’ due to poorly worded law that meant hospital in home state refused to terminate pregnancy...
read moreDo Trump’s attacks on DOJ and FBI constitute illegal incitement?
Some legal experts say they do, and present the DOJ with a quandary over whether to prosecute a former president if he meets...
read moreHere are the states raising their minimum wage based on today’s CPI report
Workers who earn minimum wage in seven states will soon receive raises based on the latest consumer price report that showed an 8.3%...
read moreFormer NSA Chief Keith Alexander Accused of a Pump-and-Dump Investment Scheme
A lawsuit alleges that retired Gen. Keith Alexander misled investors while selling off over $5 million in IronNet stock....
read moreDoug Mastriano shredded by Philly paper for ‘chilling’ plans to overturn future elections
On Wednesday, the editorial board of The Philadelphia Inquirer released a scathing takedown of GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug...
read moreHow Peace Activists Are Beating the U.S. Military at its Own (Video) Game
As the Armed Forces exploit streaming platforms like Twitch to reach potential Gen Z recruits, a group of anti-war veterans are...
read moreThe Catholic Church Is Bankrolling a Nationwide Assault on Women’s Rights
A majority of Catholics support a woman’s right to choose, but dioceses are funding campaigns for state-level abortion bans...
read moreThe American Welfare State Is Designed Horribly
The New York Times report notwithstanding, our signature poverty-fighting policy is a janky mess. S
read moreMisconduct settlements have led insurers to force police reform
Insurance companies are successfully dictating reforms in police departments, a movement driven by the large settlements out of...
read moreAlert: These corporations are backing the sponsors of a national abortion ban
Major corporations have donated millions to support the reelection of members of Congress who have co-sponsored a national abortion...
read more50,000 People Urge Biden Admin to Reject ‘Archaic’ Oil Terminal in Houston Area
“Irresponsible, greedy companies cannot be allowed to build a dangerous, climate-destroying deepwater disaster along our Texas...
read moreCourt Rules ‘QR’ Codes Alone Unlawful for GMO Food Labeling
A U.S. District Court has held that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s decision to allow genetically engineered (GMO) foods...
read moreFBI seizes Mike Lindell’s phone in probe of Colo. voting machine breach
The FBI acknowledged that a search warrant was served but declined to elaborate.
read moreThe Rise of Right-Wing Hacks in Federal Courts
Judge Aileen Cannon, of the now-infamous special master ruling, is the latest star of a conservative legal movement that gleefully...
read more‘My emancipation proclamation’: the man fighting to free millions from their criminal records
Jordan, 37, has led a successful campaign to give millions of California residents the opportunity to clear their criminal records...
read more‘Jackson Knew This Was Coming’
Mississippi’s mostly Black capital city has been at the mercy of a conservative white state government for decades. The water crisis...
read moreWarren Condemns Deceptive and ‘Outrageous Behavior’ by Student Loan Giant Navient
“While families breathe a sigh of relief, corporations that made billions off a broken student loan system are now busily...
read morePolice, family have different stories of how officers shot and killed teen in St. Louis
“What’s critical is getting as much footage of the shooting out as possible as swiftly as possible,” said Adolphus Pruitt, the...
read moreUju Anya on the Queen, Jeff Bezos and the family history behind her tweet
When Jeff Bezos entered the chat.not only did Anya double down on her original wish, she offered up another to the Amazon founder, in...
read moreScholar who saw all this coming: Americans “do not really understand liberal democracy”
His prediction? “In well-established democracies like the United States, democratic governance will continue its inexorable...
read moreUkraine’s Tale of Two Colonizations
It would be tragic if Ukraine defeated Russian neo-imperialism only to yoke itself to Western neoliberalism. Neither outcome is...
read moreAlert: Manchin Calls in Big Oil CEOs to Help Ram Through Dirty Deal as Backlash Grows
Facing mounting opposition from environmentalists, frontline communities, and fellow Democratic lawmakers, Sen. Joe Manchin is...
read moreRepublicans Introduce Bill To Ban Abortion Nationwide After 15 Weeks
The bill has no chance of passing in a Democratic-controlled Senate, but it does signal where the GOP might go if they take...
read moreFed will almost certainly raise interest rates by another three-quarter of a point when it meets next week. And then probably keep raising rates. Who will bear the pain?
How much economic “pain” — as Fed Chair Jerome Powell recently called it — will be needed to control the...
read moreWhy understanding restorative and transformative justice on their own terms, and at their best and worst, will help us build more of both.
We need restorative justice. We need transformative justice. As we continue to grow the work of challenging punishment, carceral...
read moreDOJ sends some 40 subpoenas to Trump aides
The subpoenas are a step forward in the investigation of the events leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol....
read moreTrump asks judge to block DOJ from viewing classified records seized from Mar-a-Lago
Trump’s lawyers said there “is no indication any purported ‘classified records’ were disclosed to anyone.”...
read moreSeptember 13, 2022, election results
This page contains links to federal, state, and local government election results for September 13, 2022.
read moreNew MAGA ‘brain trust’ reveals a ‘worldview’ that is ‘more dangerous’ than Donald Trump: conservative
Among Never Trump conservatives, there has been a lot of debate over whether former President Donald Trump or Florida Gov. Ron...
read moreVoting Restrictions Could Make It Harder for 1 in 5 Americans to Vote
Across the country, from California to Georgia, people like Olivia Coley-Pearson and Faye Combs are working through stigma and...
read moreAlert: Freight rail strike threatens supply chains, prompting White House planning
White House aides are looking at how to ensure essential products carried by rail — such as food, energy, and key health products —...
read moreTwitter whistleblower to tell Congress of company’s alleged corporate failings
Former hacker Peiter “Mudge” Zatko worked as head of security at Twitter from 2020 until he was fired in 2022, and says in that time...
read moreEurope’s Energy System Is a Scam Against Its Own People
“If this sounds complicated, it is because it was intended to be complicated so that the citizens of Europe do not understand...
read moreThe Roberts Republican Court Should Stop Whining About Legitimacy
John Roberts’ hypocrisy and dishonesty are astounding. And they make crystal clear why people are questioning the legitimacy of the...
read moreJustice Dept. OK with 1 Trump pick for Mar-a-Lago arbiter
The accommodation could help accelerate the selection process and shorten any delays caused by the appointment of the so-called...
read moreAlert: Nearly 100 Members of Congress Reported Stock Trades That Overlap With Committee Work
“We need more action on legislation that would ban Congressional stock trading. And fewer members of Congress in violation of...
read moreWatch what’s coming out of the faucets in Jackson, Mississippi, after water pressure restored
When Brennan asked when could residents “turn on the faucet and not have to worry,” the mayor said the city is still in a “triage...
read moreBiden has achieved historic diversity. A new study says more can be done.
Biden has named Black individuals to high-profile positions. But when it comes to his inner circle, a new study finds, diversity can...
read moreAlert: Israel reengineers Palestinian society with draconian laws
Israel is set to implement new draconian laws on 5 September, which will force foreigners to declare any intimate relationships with...
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