Vaccine passports are coming, because businesses like money and Americans like not dying
The idea of allowing the Americans now immune (mostly!) to the virus to again gather together, however, also implies that...
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Jayapal Calls for Crackdown on Wealthiest After IRS Chief Says Tax Evasion Costs US $1 Trillion a Year
“We don’t just need a wealth tax, we also need to give the IRS the tools it needs to make sure the ultra-rich finally pay...
read morePolice Group Says Qualified Immunity Makes Americans ‘Less Safe’
Last month, 54 police officers, judges, prosecutors, and federal agents across the country sent a letter to Congress urging...
read moreNo, Biden ending the Afghanistan War isn’t a Disaster: The disaster was Dropping 7,400 Bombs on the Country Annually
President Biden announced Tuesday that he will completely withdraw US troops from Afghanistan around September 1. This move will...
read moreA Tiny Number of People Will Be Hospitalized Despite Being Vaccinated. We Have to Learn Why.
Experts say we should investigate “breakthrough infections” to look out for variants and understand who’s vulnerable. In many cases,...
read moreThe new census will shake up seats in Congress. See how your state stands to win or lose.
Some states will gain seats after the census, while others such as Rhode Island will likely lose them. And even after the changes,...
read moreManchin bases opposition to infrastructure plan on Republican lie about corporate tax cuts, jobs
Senate Republicans, with an assist from Democrat Joe Manchin, are doing their level best to insist that it would destroy the economy...
read moreBolivia Launches International Campaign to Free COVID-19 Vaccine Patents
Bolivia will also urge rich countries that have hoarded vaccines to hand over their extra doses to the people who need them the most....
read moreCapitol Police were told to hold back, not use most aggressive tactics during MAGA insurrection
U.S. Capitol Police officers were told by their leaders not to use their most aggressive tactics to stop the mob that attacked the...
read moreIf CEOs Really Want to Stop GOP Attacks on Voting, Say Progressives, They’d Support the For the People Act
“While it’s great that these executives and their companies oppose the Jim Crow-style laws that GOP lawmakers are pushing...
read moreWhy It’s So Hard for America to End Its Wars
Is there any way for Biden to achieve peace with honor in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan? Source: Why It’s So Hard for America to End...
read moreRussia calls for ban on weapons in space
“We consistently believe that only a guaranteed prevention of an arms race in space will make it possible to use it for...
read moreWhen We Realize That the U.S. Can’t Control the World?
Joe Biden’s foreign policy differs little from that of his predecessor Donald Trump. The imperatives of the United States hegemon...
read more‘Too Dangerous to Exist’: Coalition Calls for Ban on Private, Corporate Use of Facial Recognition
“Letting this tool of authoritarian control spread throughout the private sector has serious implications for worker organizing...
read more250 Groups Urge WTO Chief to Ditch Pharma-Friendly Approach and Embrace Vaccine Patent Waiver
“Global supply should not be dependent on the purely commercial prerogatives and exclusive rights of pharmaceutical companies...
read morePoll: 15% of Americans worse off a year into pandemic
The problem is more pronounced at lower-income levels: 29% of Americans living below the federal poverty line say their personal...
read moreMilitary programs aiming to end pandemics forever – 60 Minutes
If his concept, now in clinical trials, proves successful, Dr. Modjarrad says in five years a single vaccine could defeat all...
read more‘Now, We Need to Make the Change Permanent’: FDA Lifts Abortion Pill Restriction During Pandemic
“The in-person dispensing restriction—which the Trump administration fought to keep in place during the...
read moreUCS Delivers Letter to White House Signed by More Than 1,500 Scientists Urging Biden to Cut Emissions by at Least Half by 2030
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) today delivered a letter to the White House urging President Joe Biden to commit to reducing...
read moreCases Like Reality Winner’s Show Press Needs to Protect Whistleblowers
As the government attacks press freedom, reporters must consider their responsibility to sources — and each other. Source:...
read moreWelcome to the new colonialism: rich countries sitting on surplus vaccines
Last month, 130 countries had yet to administer a single dose of vaccine. Meanwhile the US has enough for three times its population...
read moreThe United States as a Mass-Killing Machine
On this planet of ours, America is the emperor of weaponry. Source: Opinion | The United States as a Mass-Killing Machine
read moreNow Is the Time for a Third Reconstruction – Abolishing Jim Crow Once and for All
In 1870, during Reconstruction, Congress adopted the 15th Amendment, outlawed disenfranchisement on the basis of race and created the...
read moreCaron Nazario saw his uncle, Eric Garner, die in police hands. Windsor, Va., officers assaulted him
Nazario, an Army officer who was pulled over in uniform and pepper-sprayed in Windsor, Va., mourned Garner, who died after being...
read moreJapanese regulator bans restart at nuclear plant over safety breaches
Fukushima plant operator Tepco suffers blow to plans to resume at its only operable atomic facility Source: Japanese regulator bans...
read moreTrump-Era Spike in Israeli Settlement Growth Has Only Begun
An aggressive Israeli settlement spree during the Trump era pushed deeper than ever into the occupied West Bank — territory the...
read moreTo Bust Monopoly Power, Start With the Companies Controlling Our Food
Busting the monopoly power of abusive and arrogant food giants is broadly popular—even in Congress. Source: Opinion | To Bust...
read moreBiden Justice Department has refused to disclose certain family separation documents
Attorneys representing separated families have sought these documents as part of their litigation, but had been blocked by the...
read more‘Shame’: Biden to Advance Trump-Era Sale of $23 Billion in F-35s and Armed Drones to UAE
“We have to stop choosing political expediency over human rights,” said Kate Kizer of Win Without War. Source:...
read moreHouse and Senate Democrats Plan Bill to Add Four Justices to Supreme Court
The Constitution allows Congress to set the number of Supreme Court justices. Source: House and Senate Democrats Plan Bill to Add...
read moreStand Up America Celebrates Continued Momentum for D.C. Statehood After H.R. 51 Passes Oversight Committee
After the House Oversight Committee advanced H.R. 51 today, the bill that would ensure statehood for the District of Columbia, Stand...
read moreLeaked calls show ALEC’s secret plan to fight Biden on climate
A new ALEC working group is promoting long-shot tactics like nullification and a constitutional convention. Source: Leaked calls show...
read moreNew Zealand bill would require banks to disclose climate risks, in a world first
New Zealand is set to consider legislation that would require banks, insurers and asset managers to disclose the impacts of climate...
read moreOfficer Kim Potter to be charged with manslaughter in Daunte Wright’s death
Kim Potter, the former police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright outside Minneapolis on Sunday, will be charged with...
read moreCalifornia is poised for a catastrophic fire season. Experts say its plan isn’t nearly enough
The state has furnished half a billion dollars in emergency funding as drought sets stage for megafires Source: California is poised...
read moreAmerica’s criminal legal system is unduly harsh. Experts explain how we got here and solutions that will benefit everyone.
Addressing a range of issues — from policing to prosecution to incarceration to life after prison — the writers highlight...
read moreIntelligence sources say biggest threat to U.S. is actually U.S. Policy
A new “threat assessment” by the US intelligence cartel has named China the number one threat to the United States today, followed by...
read moreThe Progressive Group That Helped Bring Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Congress Is Launching Its First Primary Challenge of 2022
Odessa Kelly, 39, is taking on an incumbent Democrat in Tennessee. She would be the first openly gay Black woman elected to Congress....
read moreAlert: Wisconsin officer cleared over Jacob Blake shooting returns to duty
Officer Rusten Sheskey was not charged in the August 2020 incident that left Jacob Blake Jr paralyzed from the waist down. Sheskey...
read more“We Are Not Here or Funded to ‘Promote the Best Interest’ of the Children,” Wrote the Head of a Program for Brain-Damaged Infants
A Florida program promises support to families of severely brain-damaged infants. Instead, parents have been forced to choose between...
read moreCiting $9 Trillion Cost of Vaccine Inequity, UN Chief Calls for Global Wealth Tax on Pandemic Profiteers
“Advancing an equitable global response and recovery from the pandemic is putting multilateralism to the test. So far, it is a...
read moreAlert: Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Is Designed to Fail
Biden’s recently announced commission to study court reform isn’t designed to offer solutions—it’s designed to be an excuse to do...
read moreOver 25 Years, World’s Wealthiest 5% Behind Over One-Third of Global Emissions Growth: Study
“We have got to cut over-consumption and the best place to start is over-consumption among the polluting elites who contribute...
read moreIran to enrich uranium to 60% in response to Israeli attack
The announcement comes in response to the explosion at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, for which Iran blames Israel.It will...
read moreCountry catching up to Bernie Sanders’ way of thinking
Today it’s clear that on issue after issue, Sanders’ thunder on the left has carried the day among a majority of Americans, including...
read moreGreenpeace Says Japan’s Plan to Contaminate Pacific Ocean With Fukushima Water Would Violate International Law
“The government has taken the wholly unjustified decision to deliberately contaminate the Pacific Ocean with radioactive...
read moreThe risk-reward calculus of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, visualized
What it means to have a one-in-a-million chance of a complication. Source: The risk-reward calculus of the Johnson & Johnson...
read moreAlert: Biden Wants to Spend Even More on Defense than Trump
The president’s plan to hike Pentagon spending draws a rebuke from progressives. Source: Biden Wants to Spend Even More on Defense...
read moreTop WHO Epidemiologist Warns Coronavirus Pandemic ‘Growing Exponentially’ Around the World
“It is the time right now where everyone has to take stock and have a reality check of what we need to be doing.” Source:...
read moreVaccine refusal is going to cost this country billions, and we’ll all end up paying for it
We’re regularly treated to conservatives whining about “entitlements” to those they consider undeserving, be they people of a...
read moreThe way the Supreme Court is using its shadow docket should raise alarm bells.
Although the Supreme Court (like any court) has always had a “shadow docket,” the past few years have seen a dramatic uptick in...
read moreFewer than half of young Americans are positive about capitalism
According to a new poll from Gallup, young Americans are souring on capitalism. Less than half, 45 percent, view capitalism...
read moreThe George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Is the Reform We Need
Police reforms will never work unless accompanied by and embedded in rebuilding and empowering communities. Source: Opinion | The...
read moreUS unions not fazed by Amazon setback and vow to keep up the organizing fight
Labor groups point to progress in a wide range of industries as evidence that workers across America are ready to unionize Source: US...
read moreVaccine diplomacy: China in the Global South
China’s Sinopharm vaccine is 86 percent effective, slightly less than Pfizer’s and Moderna’s but more than...
read moreWhy the Poorest Millionaires Should Stop Worrying About a Wealth Tax
If you don’t have $20 million or sitting around you can just relax. Source: Opinion | Why the Poorest Millionaires Should Stop...
read more9 huge government conspiracies that actually happened
Declassified documents prove them. Source: True Government Conspiracies
read moreWisconsin court win stops purge of 129,000 voters
On Friday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 5-2 to block the removal of 129,000 voters from the rolls. The Justices rejected a...
read moreFormer Australian Leader Accuses Rupert Murdoch And Trump Of Crippling Democracy
Murdoch has created an echo chamber that propelled Trump into the White House, former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said. Source:...
read moreFDA Lifts Curbs on Dispensing Abortion Pills During Pandemic
The FDA concluded that allowing patients to receive abortion pills through the mail will not increase risks. Source: FDA Lifts Curbs...
read moreYou’ve Heard About Gerrymandering. What Happens When It Involves Prisons?
Counting people where they’re imprisoned takes political power away from cities and transfers it to rural areas. Source: Opinion |...
read moreState Department Taps Veteran Diplomat for Diversity Post
Career diplomat Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley will be tasked with reversing the department’s record of big promises and little results....
read moreEx-Trump officials launch nonprofit promoting America First ideology
A constellation of Trump administration stars today will launch the America First Policy Institute, a 40-person nonprofit group with...
read moreBrooklyn Center Police Use Tear Gas on Crowd 15 Minutes After Its Use Was Banned
Police used cruel crowd tactics Monday night to attack those protesting the police-perpetrated killing of Daunte Wright. Source:...
read moreAlert: Israelis to Evict Dozens of Native Palestinian families in Occupied East Jerusalem, plan Confiscation of 40% of Sheikh Jarrah
the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality recommended the Israeli courts to confiscate forty per cent of the land in the...
read moreWhy Republicans are betting the farm on attacking transgender people
“A lot of authoritarian political movements are using trans people as their scapegoats.” She called the latest wave of...
read moreThe American Sustainable Business Council Endorses the Climate Stewardship Act
“Businesses leaders have been calling for the federal government to support transition of our agricultural investment towards...
read moreNY Democrats just made history with one of the most progressive policy victories in generations
Over the past few weeks, Democrats in New York have legalized marijuana, repealed a crooked corporate immunity law, and passed a...
read moreDaniel Hale Blew the Whistle on the US’s Illegal Drone Program. He’s a Hero, Not a Criminal.
Former intelligence analyst Daniel Hale is being prosecuted for blowing the whistle on America’s drone program. It’s the latest in...
read moreWill Smith movie ‘Emancipation’ abandons Georgia over voting restrictions
The big-budget, runaway slave thriller was sold to Apple Studios in a deal reportedly valued at $120 million. Source: Will Smith...
read moreWashington Post applauds sacrificing communities of color to the Postal Service austerity gods
Hiatt’s editorial board is ignoring the very real harm DeJoy’s cutbacks could bring to millions of people who rely on the...
read moreRights Advocates Concerned Over Biden Push to Increase Militarization of Borders in Central America
“The Biden administration should place human rights at the center of its migration discussions and agreements with regional...
read morePressure on Biden to End Yemen Blockade Builds With New Letter From Lawmakers
Rep. Ro Khanna says members of Congress are “assessing” whether a War Powers Resolution is needed to fully end U.S....
read moreMinnesota Twins, Timberwolves, Wild postpone games in wake of police shooting of Daunte Wright
“Out of respect for the tragic events that occurred yesterday in Brooklyn Center, and following the additional details...
read moreAlert: Sen. Mark Kelly Is Emerging as an Obstacle to the PRO Act
Sen. Angus King, meanwhile, has been “inundated” by supporters and opponents of the sweeping labor law reform. Source: Sen. Mark...
read moreWhen It Comes to the Climate Crisis, Those Responsible Should Be Held Accountable
Majority Action, has released a list of 30 corporate directors who are obstacles to climate progress—directors who should be...
read moreBiden seeks to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11
The decision, expected to be publicly announced Wednesday, means thousands of soldiers will remain in the country beyond the current...
read moreBiden proposes summit, raises Ukraine escalation in call with Putin
President Biden spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and proposed that they meet for a summit “in a third...
read moreDemocrats dare GOP to filibuster Asian American hate crimes bill
Senate Republicans are weighing whether to mount the first official filibuster of the new Congress — a move that would...
read moreAlert: Guy Frank served 20 years in jail for stealing two shirts under Louisiana habitual offender law
Guy Frank had been caught in 2000 stealing two shirts from a Saks Fifth Avenue in New Orleans. Source: Guy Frank served 20 years in...
read moreVaccine Hesitancy Is Preventing US From Achieving Herd Immunity
26% of Americans say they would not get a vaccine right now. Getting the country over the threshold of herd immunity means finding...
read moreThe Great Undoing: Which of Trump’s Policies Will Biden Reverse?
KHN has put together an interactive tool of significant health policies implemented by the Trump administration using its own...
read moreWith Cyber-Attack on Iran’s Natanz Nuclear Enrichment Facility, is Israel’s Netanyahu trying to derail Biden talks and Escape Jail?
Al Jazeera reports that Israeli analysts looking at satellite images find that substantial damage was done to the facility, including...
read moreA vaccine study in college students will help determine when it’s safe to take masks off
A massive study unfolding at 20 college campuses aims to determine how well the Moderna coronavirus vaccine prevents...
read moreTime for a corporate tax plan that ‘ends U.S. participation in the race to the bottom’
The Republican refrain about everything but tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy has long been “But how can we afford it?”A...
read moreWith a difficult midterm looming, Democrats have a short window to ban gerrymandering
After winning narrow victories to take full control of the federal government in the 2020 elections, Democrats have a fleeting...
read moreAs Rich Countries Shield Pharma Monopolies, Just 0.2% of Covid Vaccine Doses Have Gone to Poor Nations
“We need the cooperation of the whole world and the elimination of all the barriers to the production and distribution of...
read moreBiden faces pressure from Pelosi, Sanders over whether to double down on Obamacare or expand Medicare
The White House is facing diverging pressure from two powerful allies — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Budget...
read moreManchin’s Objection to Infrastructure Bill May Be Motivated by Corporate Donors
On the infrastructure bill, Manchin’s main complaint is the tax Biden seeks to levy on the ultra-wealthy in order to pay for it....
read moreThe GOP’s ‘structural welfare’: Why the next 2 years will determine the fate of US democracy
“Control of the White House and Senate allows Republicans who came to power on the backs of a White, conservative minority to...
read moreBad News: Biden’s Supreme Court Reform Commission Won’t Fix Anything
The president’s new commission has a lot of fans — in the Federalist Society. Source: Biden’s Supreme Court Reform Commission...
read moreBiden’s Domestic Spending Plan Is Welcome, But More Military Spending Isn’t
Last week, the Biden administration published its “skinny budget” proposals — essentially a wish list of the most important...
read moreAlert: Biden set to accept fewest refugees of any president, including Trump, report says
Trump’s historically low refugee cap remains in place despite Biden’s promises to address ‘urgent’ crises. Source: Biden set to...
read moreRevealed: the Facebook loophole that lets world leaders deceive and harass their citizens
Facebook has repeatedly allowed world leaders and politicians to use its platform to deceive the public or harass opponents despite...
read moreWhich States Are Taking on Police Reform After George Floyd?
Lawmakers in 16 states have introduced bills to improve police oversight and accountability. Source: Which States Are Taking on...
read moreLegal correspondent explains how a party that can’t win elections is using the courts to drive a hard-right agenda
Mitch McConnell spent Trump’s presidency cramming as many judges as he could onto the federal bench, working until the last...
read moreAlert: The Terrible Deal Between Corporate America and the GOP Is Alive and Well
Corporations can and should bankroll much of what America needs. But they won’t as long as corporations keep bankrolling...
read moreFor True JCPOA Re-entry, Biden must Tear down this Sanctions Wall
President Joe Biden must muster the political will to tear down the “sanctions wall” his predecessor put in place for the sole...
read moreWhat the Cops Off Campus Movement Looks Like Across the Country
When we talk about police divestment, these students argue, we have to remember campus cops, too. Source: What the Cops Off Campus...
read moreAlert: Biden’s Covid vaccine plan still forgets incarcerated population
Some Americans still struggles with Covid vaccine skepticism. But inside some prisons and detention centers, getting a vaccine isn’t...
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