9 Ways to Decolonize and Honor Native Peoples on Thanksgiving
Today we take the opportunity to set the record straight, debunk myths, and acknowledge Native Americans as contemporary Peoples with...
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Prosecuting Trump Is the Only Way to Heal the Nation
Letting him off the hook for multiple crimes would reinforce Trump’s own contempt for the rule of law. Source: Prosecuting Trump Is...
read moreWhat You Need to Know About the AstraZeneca, Moderna and Pfizer Vaccines
ll three have said they will seek regulatory clearance to offer their vaccines to millions of people. The drugmakers have moved at...
read moreCongress Has the Power to Override Supreme Court Rulings.
Overrides can be passed on an individual basis, as part of larger omnibus bills, or even tacked on to unrelated appropriations or...
read moreUS Coronavirus: Thanksgiving coronavirus surge could turn into the Christmas surge, health professor warns
The United States is living in the most dangerous public health crisis since the 1918 influenza pandemic, and health experts say it...
read moreWarning: This reliable pandemic forecasting model says cases will nearly double by Inauguration Day
ACOVID-19 forecasting model that accurately predicted the coronvirus’ spread over the summer anticipates that the number of...
read moreA BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CAN RAISE WAGES AND GIVE WORKERS MORE POWER — IF IT WANTS TO
Biden should be responsive to labor’s goal as a matter of simple politics. Labor unions just spent around $180 million in attempts to...
read moreFirst batch of 6.4 million vaccine doses could go out in mid-December
More doses will be available each week as manufacturing ramps up, with health-care personnel at the head of the line to get shots,...
read moreAmerica’s Largest Nurses Union Warns of ‘Catastrophic Levels of Death and Suffering’ as COVID Surges
Members of the National Nurses United (NNU), America’s largest union of registered nurses, warned that there will be...
read moreWhich Side Is Biden On– Which Side Is The Democratic Party On
Bernie warned Democrats that they must find “the courage to take on the powerful special interests who have been at war with...
read moreGENERATION FOREVER WAR: BIDEN’S NATIONAL SECURITY PICKS HERALD RETURN TO HAWKISH NORMALCY
Biden’s picks for State Department and national security adviser are conventional. An opportunity for reform is being squandered....
read moreWhy a Self-Pardon Is Not Constitutional
The idea that President Trump would try to pardon himself is hardly fanciful. Back in 2018, when the Mueller investigation was...
read moreImmigrant advocates to Biden: Be better than Obama
But immigrant advocacy groups aren’t planning to hold back on their demands. They expect Biden to follow through on his promise to...
read more$427 billion lost each year to tax dodging by corporations and the rich: landmark study
A first-of-its-kind international report released Friday shows how wealthy countries are the primary drivers of tax revenue loss each...
read moreBiden Urged to ‘Honor Indigenous Sovereignty and Immediately Halt’ Fossil Fuel Pipelines
“Our leap toward a just recovery must start with honoring treaties with sovereign Indigenous nations and returning land back to...
read moreTop 10 Reasons To Reject Blinken
Antony Blinken Is Not The Secretary Of State The United States Or The World Needs, And The U.S. Senate Should Reject His Nomination....
read moreEPA Finds Glyphosate Is Likely to Injure or Kill 93% of Endangered Species
“The hideous impacts of glyphosate on the nation’s most endangered species are impossible to ignore now,” said Lori Ann Burd,...
read moreWill Michele Flournoy Be the Angel of Death for the American Empire?
Purported to be among Joe Biden’s top picks for Defense Secretary, the longtime supporter of endless war and limitless Pentagon...
read moreEconomist Lisa Cook Being on Joe Biden’s Transition Team Is a Win for Black Girls
why it matters that this prominent Black woman economist is part of the Biden-Harris transition team. Source: Economist Lisa Cook...
read moreFirst Latino tapped to head DHS signals shift from Trump’s hard-line immigration policies
Alejandro Mayorkas, a Cuban American and former Obama administration official, has the experience to change Trump’s...
read moreYellen Could Save the Day With Massive Stimulus
New Treasury nominee hailed as the right woman for the moment. Source: Yellen Could Save the Day With Massive Stimulus
read moreHouston rebid a contract to avoid using unpaid prison labor. Will Texas make a change too?
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice was able to offer the lowest price because it does not pay its workers. The agency uses...
read moreDid Israeli PM Netanyahu Meet Saudi Bin Salman in Bid to Thwart Biden Plan to Restore Iran Deal?
Netanyahu and Bin Salman have a lot to talk about. Both are frightened that president-elect Joe Biden will restore the 2015 Iran...
read more‘Unconscionable’: ICE Deported 33 Unaccompanied Guatemalan Children After Judge Ordered Halt to Practice
“It is not out of the power of the district court, if someone could raise the matter, to order ICE to return the children that...
read moreTrump Was No Fluke: George W. Bush Blazed the Trail
Bush’s presidency was filled with the same hubris, incomprehension of rational policy, and disdain for any government employee who...
read moreCalling for End of ‘Shadow Pandemic,’ Rallies Across Globe to Mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
“Men’s violence against women is also a pandemic—one that pre-dates the virus and will outlive it.” Source:...
read more‘Flat-out sabotage’ already underway as Mnuchin tries to put $455 billion in COVID funds out of Biden team’s reach
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is under fire for attempting to undermine the incoming Biden administration’s response to the...
read moreAOC, Omar and Tlaib Back Effort to Keep Deficit Hawks Out of Biden Admin
The pressure campaign demands that austerity proponent Bruce Reed be kept out of the White House. Source: AOC, Omar and Tlaib Back...
read moreEver-Growing Millions of Americans Face Eviction and Hunger. Will Congress Act?
As a result of Congressional inaction, in the last weeks of 2020 and with the pandemic raging worse than ever, millions of Americans...
read moreYouTube suspends OAN, a Trump favorite, for peddling covid misinformation
The action against OAN, which President Trump’s allies have praised in recent weeks while raging against Fox News for supposed...
read moreNew Poll Shows 68% of Americans Want Senators to Block Any Corporate Biden Nominees
Progressives are calling on the president-elect to reject a “Corporate Cabinet” and instead pick “people dedicated...
read more100+ Public Health and Justice Leaders Call on Biden to Reject ‘Global Vaccine Apartheid,’ Ensure Doses ‘Free and Available to All’
“The U.S. government has the capacity and the authority under existing law to treat Covid-19 vaccines as global public goods....
read moreScotland is making tampons and pads free
Scotland has become the first country to allow free and universal access to menstrual products, including tampons and pads, in public...
read moreTrump Administration Does Something Good: Denies Permit To Controversial Pebble Mine Proposal in Bristol Bay Watershed
Today, Trump administration’s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it has denied a permit for the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska,...
read more1 In Every 1,000 North Dakota Residents Has Been Killed By Covid
In a crisis exacerbated by a shortage of healthcare workers and a lack of virus-curbing measures from the state’s Republican...
read moreTrump is facing new debt collectors — and they’re coming from El Paso
The Texas Tribune quoted Nieman as saying, “It does not necessarily mean that the City will be filing a lawsuit, but that we...
read moreAbusing Executive Power Again, Trump Pardons Close Friend Michael Flynn After He Twice Pleaded Guilty
Trump Gives Out Pardons to His Friends and Celebrities, Not the Americans Who Deserve Them Source: Abusing Executive Power Again,...
read moreVenezuela: Biden Should Live Up To His Promise Of Mutual Respect
As Joe Biden takes over the US presidency there is much speculation over how much his Latin America policy will differ from that of...
read moreParler, the “free speech” Twitter wannabe, explained
Conservatives are flocking to a site where they can post things that Facebook and Twitter don’t allow. Source: Parler, the “free...
read more‘The people are not afraid any more’: young Peruvians rise up to demand change
After a tumultuous week, Peru’s burgeoning grassroots movement says it will not accept a return to business as usual Source:...
read more4 in 10 Americans Plan to Defy CDC Guidelines on Thanksgiving
Millions of Americans have already ventured through airports over the past weekend, the TSA reported. Source: 4 in 10 Americans Plan...
read more3rd Major COVID-19 Vaccine Shown to Be Effective and Cheaper
rugmaker AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed its COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective, buoying the prospects of a...
read more‘Go Big, and Stay Big’: Economists Call for $3 Trillion Covid Relief Package to Stop Nation’s Descent Into Ruin
“The Senate’s failure to provide crucial relief and recovery aid has left families without a lifeline and will severely...
read moreBiden Will Nominate First Women to Lead Treasury and Intelligence, and First Latino to Run Homeland Security
John Kerry, the former secretary of state, will be the international climate czar, signaling the new administration’s commitment to...
read moreHow Biden Can ‘Build Back Better’ With or Without the Sena
The president-elect has all the tools he needs to kick-start economic recovery—if he’s willing to use them. Source: How Biden...
read moreIn vaccine race, Russia and China seek global influence as U.S. looks inward
The ultimate outcome depends on how the vaccine race plays out worldwide. Source: In vaccine race, Russia and China seek global...
read moreGetting Away With Murder
It’s time to start prosecuting executives for crimes they commit on behalf of their companies. Source: Getting Away With Murder | by...
read moreDemanding Reversal of Trump Cruelty, Immigrant Rights Groups Welcome Biden Pick of Mayorkas for DHS Secretary
The former director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was a key architect of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
read moreThe pernicious aspects of military madness are personified in Biden favorite to be Defense Secretary
By all accounts, the frontrunner to be Joe Biden’s pick for Secretary of Defense is Michèle Flournoy. It’s a prospect...
read moreWhat You Need to Know About Tony Blinken
Biden’s apparent choice for secretary of state most recently played the influence game in Washington. Source: What You Need to Know...
read moreHigh Drug Prices Could Result in Premature Deaths of More Than 1.1 Million Seniors in Next Decade: Analysis
“The costs of doing nothing about high drug prices are too high.” Source: High Drug Prices Could Result in Premature...
read more‘So much privilege’: Epidemiologist blasts Ben Carson’s access to $650,0 COVID treatment pre-FDA approval
President Trump was following my condition and cleared me for the monoclonal antibody therapy that he had previously received, which...
read moreCrying Wolf On Election Fraud Is OK At NYT
Thus, for the Times, crying election fraud then staging a coup is bad, and just like what dictators do—unless it is the US...
read moreIsrael Strikes Widely in Syria, Sending Signal of Aggressive Post-Trump Posture
srael launched air raids against what it called a wide range of Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria on Wednesday, sending a signal...
read moreJustice Department Asserts Unreviewable Discretion to Kill US Citizens
Drawing alarm at the D.C. Circuit, a lawyer for the United States argued Monday that the government has the power to kill its...
read moreWatchdog launches investigation into torture of Black immigrants by ICE and private prison
A government watchdog has requested Immigration and Customs Enforcement turn over internal documents dating back to 2017, following...
read moreAmerica and Mexico Can End the War on Drugs Now
After a half a century of failure, the U.S. and Mexico have an opportunity to find a new way forward on narcotics policy. Source:...
read moreIf Joe Biden Is Serious About Criminal Justice Reform, He Won’t Pick Merrick Garland for Attorney General
Garland’s judicial record is replete with deferential votes for police and prosecutors. Source: If Joe Biden Is Serious About...
read moreCriminal justice reformers claim mandate as final election results trickle in
“We have seen a real movement in the needle this year for civil justice, against incarceration, and against the police state,” said...
read more2020 vote saw pro-reform prosecutors win. Now they need to fix mistakes by their predecessors.
Prosecutorial misconduct played a role in 30 percent of cases from 1989 to 2019 that later resulted in exonerations. Source: 2020...
read moreThe NYT’s Trump Iran ‘Attack’ Story
First, the Times significantly downplays the consequences of an American (and/or Israeli) military strike on Iran’s nuclear...
read moreAs Feinstein Steps Down as Top Judiciary Democrat, Sunrise Movement Demands She Go One Step Further: ‘Resign’
“Feinstein lost all credibility when she showed she was more willing to treat with contempt 11-year-old climate activists...
read moreBiden Backs Democrats’ Pursuit Of Bigger COVID-19 Relief Deal
A spokesman for the president-elect said he supports congressional leaders’ strategy of holding out for the largest possible stimulus...
read moreAlert: Biden will bring to Washington aides whose policies propelled Trump’s political success.
As establishment figures take control again, they face a populace altered since Democrats last held the White House. Source: Biden...
read more#FeminismNotMilitarism: Peace Groups Blast Biden’s DNI Pick Over Links to Drones, Torture, and Mass Surveillance
CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies recently noted that Avril Haines “provided legal cover” for...
read moreStudy suggests the COVID-19 pandemic has altered Americans attitudes toward inequality and the poor
The study indicates that people became more likely to blame external factors for poverty and less likely to blame personal failings...
read moreThe media is making a big mistake about Republican support for Trump’s attempted coup
The Republicans do not fear Trump. They fear losing power. They are, in intent and in effect, choosing power over principles, power...
read moreAOC calls out Kyle Rittenhouse’s $2 million bail release as ‘protection of white supremacy’
“Does anyone believe Rittenhouse would be released if he were Muslim & did the same thing in a (different) context?”...
read moreWhat Biden Can Do About the Israeli-Palestinian Mess He’ll Inherit
After Trump, the path forward won’t be easy, but the president-elect does have options. Source: What Biden Can Do About the...
read more‘Shameful and Concerning He Is Even Being Considered,’ Says AOC as Rahm Emanuel Floated for Role in Biden Cabinet
“The thing about covering up the murder of Laquan McDonald is that it disqualifies you from holding any type of public office....
read moreThe Ruling Elite’s War On Truth
American Political Leaders Display A Widening Disconnect From Reality Intended To Mask Their Complicity In The Seizure Of Power By...
read moreMPower Change Organizing Director Ishraq Ali Releases Statement on President-Elect Biden’s Nomination of Avril Haines as National Security Advisor
The news that Joe Biden is nominating Avril Haines as National Security Advisor is cause for concern for American Muslims who’d...
read moreHere’s the uncomfortable truth about Biden’s forthcoming foreign policy agenda
For nearly two years, We the People were coached to believe that the 2020 election would mean everything, that November 3rd would be...
read moreThe Next Attorney General’s Allegiance Must Be to the Rule of Law
There may be no agency head more central to the effective functioning of American democracy than the attorney general. As the...
read moreFar Right Militias Are Recruiting Vets: We Must Organize Against This Trend
The war machine conditions vets to embrace white supremacy. In order for soldiers to kill, racist indoctrination needs to be part of...
read moreFollowing Outcry, US Government Halts Deportations of Women Who Allege Medical Abuse in ICE Detention—At Least for Now
“ICE and others at Irwin thought they could silence these women… But the women have organized and had the audacity to...
read moreElon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to become world’s second-richest person
Further rise in Tesla share price pushes entrepreneur past Microsoft co-founder Source: Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to become...
read moreKenya Is Not A Dumping Ground For US Plastic
The New Administration Of US President-Elect Joe Biden Must Resist Pressure From US Oil And Chemical Companies To Use Kenya As A...
read moreGang of young Marines and ex-porn star moved to Idaho to create Nazi ‘death squad,’ plot attacks
Three Marine Corps veterans and their porn-actor neo-Nazi guru were arrested last month on charges that they engaged in an interstate...
read moreJane Goodall on Chimps, Presidents and Other Alpha Males
The 86-year-old primatologist says it takes more than having opposable thumbs to save our planet. Source: Opinion | Jane Goodall on...
read moreMichigan just certified Biden’s win — dashing Trump’s plan to steal the election
Officials on Michigan’s state elections board voted to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s 2020 victory on Monday...
read moreGeneral Services Administrator says Biden transition can formally begin
General Services Administrator Emily Murphy said in a letter to President-elect Joe Biden on Monday that she has determined the...
read moreWatch Fauci get brutally honest about the COVID-19 vaccine and potential herd immunity in the US
Could life return to normal in May? @NIAIDNews’ Anthony #Fauci says: “I don’t think so,” and notes that herd immunity can only...
read more‘Iran in the Crosshairs?’ Reports of Secret Meeting Between Netanyahu, MbS, and Pompeo Spark Fears of War Plot
“It is extremely alarming that the warmongers most reliant on Trump’s blank checks are secretly meeting in the middle of...
read moreWarning: Secret Ballot Counts Jeopardize Our Democracy
Today, and for many years, by the means of propriety CIA owned corporate “cut outs,” and their software, just one programmer can...
read moreBiden’s Immigration Moves Are Making a Mockery of His Vow to “Heal the Nation’s Soul”
Before he’s even been sworn in, Biden is already distancing himself from a wholesale reversal of immigration policy under Trump....
read morePeople Are Rising Up Against The Elites, So Should We
Across borders, we share a common enemy, neoliberal economies that funnel wealth to the top, deregulate industries so they violate...
read moreThe Perils of Not Prosecuting Trump
Joe Biden is wary of a legal reckoning against his predecessor, but to let Trump go would be to sanction future corruption. Source:...
read moreHow Biden’s Foreign-Policy Team Got Rich
Retiring leaders often open firms bearing their names: Madeleine Albright has one, as do Condoleezza Rice and former Secretary of...
read moreHere’s What President Biden Will Not Touch: Foreign Policy, Sacred Cows, and the U.S. Military
What if, however, when it comes to issues of war, peace, and empire, “Decision 2020” proves barely meaningful? Source: Here’s What...
read moreNY Times Magazine, In Detail, Lays out All of Trump’s Categories of Criminal Acts while in office
Since I get the NY Times Magazine on Saturday, I was very pleasantly surprised to see that the cover story lays out, in considerable...
read moreLargest COVID-19 contact tracing study to date finds children key to spread, evidence of superspreaders
Researchers from the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI), Johns Hopkins University and the University of California, Berkeley,...
read moreFirst COVID-19 Vaccinations Expected As Early As Dec. 11, White House Vaccine Czar Says
Herd immunity could be reached by mid-2021 if the overwhelming majority of Americans get vaccinated, said Moncef Slaoui. Source:...
read moreFascism expert explains the playbook Trump is following to destroy America before leaving office
“Watch very carefully what Trump and the GOP are doing right now,” she instructed. They’re trying to loot and...
read moreDOJ Argues U.S. Can Kill Citizens at Its Discretion Under State Secrets Privilege
As if there wasn’t enough to keep you awake at night already, the Department of Justice on Monday, November 16, argued before...
read moreThe Real Lesson of Afghanistan Is That Regime Change Does Not Work
The trove of U.S. “Lessons Learned” documents on Afghanistan published by the Washington Post portrays, in excruciating detail, the...
read moreAt G20, Only India Is On Track to Meet Goals for Keeping Global Heating to 3.6° F
Although most of India’s electricity and heating now comes from carbon-intensive coal, the country has big plans to transition...
read moreTo Prevent ‘Active Sabotage’ of His Agenda, Biden Urged to Clean House of Trump Loyalists on Day One
“The next administration must consider all possibilities, including unconventional but legal removals, to get the federal...
read moreThe Coronavirus Is Airborne Indoors. Why Are We Still Scrubbing Surfaces?
Scientists who initially warned about contaminated surfaces now say that the virus spreads primarily through inhaled droplets, and...
read moreHarness the power of organic to combat climate change
The Biden transition plan for combatting climate change caused by agriculture does not mention organic. Yet research shows the...
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