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...
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What’s Safe To Do After Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine? Experts Weigh In
Getting 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 moreMajority of US Voters Want Government to Invest More in Healthcare, Education, and Fighting Poverty: Poll
57% of the electorate thinks the government doesn’t spend enough on anti-poverty initiatives, while 56% want to see more...
read moreAs US Mourns 500,000 Lives, Billionaires Gained $1.3 Trillion During Pandemic
The U.S.’s 664 billionaires now have a combined net worth of $4.2 trillion. Source: As US Mourns 500,000 Lives, Billionaires...
read morePaul Krugman explains how Texas exposed the dark side of ‘free-market fundamentalism’
“The collapse of the Texas power grid didn’t just reveal a few shortcomings — it showed that the entire philosophy...
read moreTrump Can No Longer Funnel GOP Money To Himself, But Others Are Doing It For Him
Utah 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 more1 in 6 Gen Z adults are LGBT, Gallup survey shows. And this number could continue to grow.
More than half of LGBT adults identify as bisexual, and women are more likely than men to be bisexual, new Gallup survey data shows....
read moreCritics Say Biden Administration Waited Too Long to Engage Iran
Held back by infighting and hard-liners on the Hill, the administration may have squandered precious time to save the Iran nuclear...
read moreLegal expert warns the Supreme Court has left a ‘ticking time bomb’ under American democracy
“[T]he court’s conservative majority could soon embrace a strong version of the independent state legislature doctrine....
read moreAs Pandemic Profits Put Bezos on Track for Trillionaire Status, Tish James Asks: At What Cost?
“Since the pandemic began,” says New York’s attorney general, “it is clear that Amazon has valued profit over people.” Source: As...
read morePaid Leave, Key To Fighting Pandemic, Is Absent From Latest COVID-19 Relief Bill
The bill instead includes expanded tax credits for businesses that offer paid leave. Advocates are turning their sights toward the...
read moreU.S. and Israel to reconvene Iran working group
Biden and Netanyahu have very different views on the nuclear deal. Source: U.S. and Israel to reconvene Iran working group –...
read moreAlert: Democrats Are Subsidizing Health Insurance Predators
Democrats want to pay billions to put Americans on expensive corporate health insurance plans rather than expand Medicare or create a...
read moreHow and Why Trump Was Almost Re-Elected
If President Trump had handled the coronavirus pandemic with even moderate competence, he probably would have been reelected. In the...
read moreDeportation Without Disclosure: Immigration Courts Need Transparency
U.S. immigration courts lack the transparency of other federal courts, creating a body of secret law that harms the nation as well as...
read moreTo stop climate disaster, make ecocide an international crime. It’s the only way
Outlawing ecocide would hold governments and corporations accountable for environmental negligence. We can’t wait Source: To stop...
read moreWill Biden Really End Our Endless Wars?
His 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 moreHow the effort to deny the reality of the Jan. 6 attack is evolving
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) used a hearing Tuesday to promote a ridiculous theory of events — part of a broader effort to gaslight the...
read moreAlert: 10 Largest US Cities Will Spend More on Police Than Public Health This Year
The combined policing budgets of these cities is 3.6 times greater than their public health department budgets. Source: 10 Largest US...
read moreIs Harvard denying Tenure to Cornel West over his views on Palestine?
West is convinced that his views on the Palestine issue are the real reason for which Harvard will not give him a permanent job....
read moreMerrick Garland says the Capitol riot means we can’t ‘defund the police.’ That makes no sense.
Police brutality didn’t just go away because white supremacists attacked Congress. Source: Merrick Garland says the Capitol...
read moreWhistleblowers: Software Bug Keeping Some Inmates In Prisons Beyond Release Dates
According to Arizona Department of Corrections whistleblowers, hundreds of incarcerated people who should be eligible for release are...
read moreAlert: Four More States Propose Harsh New Penalties For Protesting Fossil Fuels
Industry-designed bills to silence climate protests are under consideration in Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota and Montana. More are...
read moreU.S. Could Prevent 19 Million Unsafe Abortions Abroad If Helms Amendment Is Repealed
The Guttmacher Institute analyzed the impact of rescinding the amendment, which bars U.S. foreign aid from being used to pay for...
read moreFederal judge says California can enforce net neutrality law
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that California can for the first time enforce its tough net neutrality law, clearing the way for...
read moreAlert: Israel quietly expanding its Dimona nuclear facility
Newly-released satellite images have revealed that the Israeli regime — the sole possessor of nuclear arms in the Middle East...
read moreCoronavirus Today: California variant is a homegrown triple threat
California’s dominant strain can spread more easily, shows some resistance to antibodies and is associated with severe...
read moreBad News: Judge indefinitely blocks Biden’s 100-day deportation pause
Extending a temporary order, a federal judge indefinitely bans the Biden administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on most...
read moreFDA analysis finds Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine is safe and effective
The shot was found to be 66.9% effective against moderate to severe/critical COVID-19 cases 14 days after vaccination, and 66.1%...
read moreHarvard Newspaper to Biden: Cancel More Than $10K in Student Debt and Don’t Use Ivy League as Excuse Not To
“It’s not our student debt—but we still want Biden to forgive it.” Source: Harvard Newspaper to Biden: Cancel...
read more‘We’ve been electrified’: after success in Georgia, Black organizers look to transform the south
Black women who powered Democrats to stunning win in Georgia have been fielding calls from other states eager to learn Source: ‘We’ve...
read moreBad News: Biden administration reopens Trump-era prison camp for migrant kids
The Biden administration has reopened an unlicensed, Trump-era prison camp that’s expected to jail up to 700 children who arrived to...
read moreBy Putting Big Pharma’s Patents Before Patients, Doctors Will Further Erode Trust in Experts
Doctors have largely been trained into complicity with a medical money machine. Source: Opinion | By Putting Big Pharma’s...
read moreAhmaud Arbery’s mother files $1 million-plus lawsuit alleging conspiracy to protect his killers
On the one year anniversary of his death, the mother of Ahmaud Arbery has filed a lawsuit, alleging there was a conspiracy to protect...
read moreMyanmar’s ‘Civil Disobedience Movement’ Has Produced Many Inventive Ways of Protesting
Only three weeks have passed since the coup but protesters have already used various creative methods to express dissent. Military...
read moreAlert: Israel continues attacks on Syria
The Israeli military has once again carried out a number of missile attacks from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, targeting several...
read moreTexas woman sues over $9,300 electric bill from Griddy
A Chambers County resident filed a class-action lawsuit against electricity retailer Griddy on Monday, accusing the provider of price...
read moreHow Wall Street Killed Grandma
20,000 nursing home residents died from 2004 to 2016 because they lived in nursing homes run by private equity firms, according to...
read moreAlert: Damaged Fukushima reactors leaking coolant after last weekend’s 7.3 earthquake
Two reactors at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan have begun leaking cooling water following last weekend’s 7.3...
read moreDaniel Prude protests live: Rochester NY reacts to grand jury decision
People in Rochester are taking to the streets protesting the decision by a grand jury not to indict officers involved in the death of...
read moreAlert: Pandemic May Have Left 265 Million People With Acute Food Shortages in 2020
. The combined effect of the pandemic as well as the emerging global recession “could, without large-scale coordinated action,...
read moreScrap the Cap! Today Is the Day Millionaires and Billionaires Stop Paying Into Social Security
Wage cap allows millionaires to stop contributing to Social Security on February 23, 2021. Source: Opinion | Scrap the Cap! Today Is...
read moreCongress Must Pass Biden’s Relief Package or Risk an Anemic and Devastatingly Incomplete Recovery
To do anything less than what Biden has proposed would be irresponsible and reckless. Source: Opinion | Congress Must Pass...
read more‘Big, bold and inclusive immigration reform’: Biden admin and legislators unveil overhaul
A 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‘Pathetic’: Romney, Cotton Condemned for Offering $10 Minimum Wage With Added Xenophobic Touch
“This is an anti-immigrant, low-wage bill masquerading as an attempt to help American workers.” Source:...
read moreAnti-Immigrant Racism Complicates COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout in the South
“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 moreNetworks Booking Election-Deniers Helps Keep Trump’s Big Lie Alive
Steve Scalise’s appearance on This Week underscores how election-related disinformation has persisted, owing in part to news outlets’...
read more‘No Safe Amount’: Environmentalists Sound Alarm Over Texas Refineries’ Release of Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds of Pollutants During Storm
337,000 pounds of benzene, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfur dioxide were flared, as well as an indeterminate amount of...
read moreA corporate, commodified Black History Month is taking hold. We can’t let it
Instead of transformative changes, we get Black History Month-themed Apple Watches and Black sitcom collections on Netflix Source: A...
read moreTop Environmental Voices, Members of Congress Call Out GOP Senators For Putting Special Interests Over Public Lands by Opposing Haaland for Interior
The panel outlined how the Senate Republicans who have threatened to reject the confirmation of President Biden’s Interior secretary,...
read more‘We’re all part of the story’: behind Will Smith’s 14th amendment docuseries
An ambitious and star-studded new Netflix series looks at the importance and legacy of an amendment that calls for equality and...
read moreChild poverty in the U.S. could be slashed by monthly payments to parents – an idea proved in other rich countries and proposed by a prominent Republican decades ago
While the success of one of these measures or something similar is not assured, I believe that, thanks to the pandemic, there’s a...
read moreCiting Concerns About Corporate Power, Bernie Sanders Votes Against Biden’s Choice for USDA Chief
The senator said he opposed Tom Vilsack’s confirmation “because at a time when corporate consolidation of agriculture is...
read moreHow Not to Leave Afghanistan
Congress 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 moreAs Australia Reaches Deal With Facebook Following News Blackout, Critics Warn Corporate Power Plays Won’t Save Journalism
“It shouldn’t be up to Facebook and Google to cherry pick and groom publishers it deems acceptable for side deals.”...
read moreThe truth about Joe Biden’s ‘Manchin problem’
When Joe Manchin, the senior United States senator from West Virginia, says he’s does not support zapping the filibuster, does...
read moreUN chief labels white supremacy a ‘transnational threat’
White supremacist and other far-right hate groups are becoming a “transnational threat” that requires “global...
read morePresident Biden, Who Controls Our Food System Matters
We need a democratic, decentralized farm and food industry that works for people and our planet. The status quo is not sustainable....
read moreA Majority Of Americans Want To Make It Easier To Vote By Mail
The GOP is pushing new voter restrictions nationwide, but most Americans want more time and more options to cast their ballots, a new...
read moreProgressives Vow to Fight Manchin and Sinema Holding Up Stimulus Over $15 Wage
Centrist Democrats want to gut the wage hike, but progressives have more power than ever in Congress. Source: Progressives Vow to...
read moreThis Is What Deregulation Looks Like: Some Texans Face $10K+ in Electric Bills, Others Still in Dark
The skyrocketing bills are a result of the state’s years-long push to deregulate its energy market, says Tyson Slocum, director of...
read moreAs Biden Reopens Texas Detention Center, Amnesty Demands Immigration Policies That Put ‘Best Interests’ of Children First
“Kids need a place to call home—that’s why they should be with their families, friends, and community...
read moreBiden must rethink the US migration system, not just reverse Trump’s policies
Biden’s early reforms are promising — and what the US does can help set standards for the rest of the world Source: Biden must...
read moreWe Could End Homelessness Right Now, If Only Capitalism Didn’t Get in the Way
In plain language, cities are no longer built “for the common people to live in”; they are built as financial instruments “for people...
read moreBiden: Governors, mayors need $350 billion to fight COVID-19
As part of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus package, Biden wants to send $350 billion to state and local governments and tribal...
read moreA 10-Step Plan to Save Our Seas
The 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 moreMarco Rubio slammed for demanding ‘work requirement’ for parents to get child poverty check
Nearly every morning U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) tweets a Bible quote to show he’s a devout Christian, but his policies...
read moreThe Most Ambitious Effort Yet to Reform Policing May Be Happening In Ithaca, New York
Mayor Svante Myrick’s new proposal would replace the city’s existing police department with a “Department of Community Solutions and...
read moreFBI secures phone records of members of Congress in insurrection probe according to new report
Some 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‘A Disgrace’: Israel Sending Covid Vaccines Overseas as Occupied Palestinians Left Without Access
“Deeply, deeply messed up… Honduras, 7,500 miles away, will get some but Palestinians living under Israeli control still...
read moreWHO Urges Rich Countries to Stop Undermining Efforts to Vaccinate Poorer Ones
Experts are urging advanced economies to share their vaccine stockpiles in order to end the pandemic sooner. Source: WHO Urges Rich...
read moreAssange’s partner exposes ongoing denial of his legal and democratic rights
Moris provided a succinct summary of the issues of democratic principle at stake, in the US attempt to prosecute Assange for lawful...
read moreCheck out our calendar of key downballot elections around the U.S. in 2021
2021 may be an off year, but there are numerous important elections taking place nationwide, ranging from gubernatorial elections to...
read moreAnalysis Shows US Could Help Vaccinate the World for $25 Billion, But Biden Pledged Just $2 Billion at G7 Meeting
“The world’s going to have to get vaccinated either way,” said Peter Maybarduk of Public Citizen. “The longer...
read moreAlert: Over 33 Percent of Low-Paid Workers Lost Jobs During Pandemic
Economic crises shine a spotlight on a society’s inequities and hierarchies, as well as its commitment to support those who are most...
read moreAlert: Venezuela Lost Over $30 Billion Due to the US Blockade
President Maduro denounced the continuous attacks against his country and recalled that those resources could have been used to fight...
read moreElijah McClain: Three key takeaways from damning investigation into 23-year-old’s death in Aurora police custody
A damning report released publicly Monday found flaws at nearly every stage of Aurora police and paramedics’ treatment of Elijah...
read moreTrump Salary Donation Was 0.1 Percent of Reported $1.6 Billion He Made in Office
According to a review of Donald Trump’s financial disclosures by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW),...
read more160 Confederate symbols removed from public spaces in 2020, new count shows
Southern Poverty Law Center to release latest figures in project tracking movement to take down the monuments Source: 160 Confederate...
read moreRigging the jury: How each state reduces jury diversity by excluding people with criminal records
50-state report on jury disqualification laws and their impact on jury diversity Source: Rigging the jury: How each state reduces...
read moreCandle lighting ceremony: Biden to mark upcoming 500,000 Covid-19 deaths Monday
With the US approaching 500,000 Covid-19 deaths, President Joe Biden will mark the grim milestone Monday with a candle lighting...
read moreBad News: U.S. life expectancy has fallen by a full year due to COVID-19, and 2.7 years for Black Americans
The 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 database aims to track police use of force, bypassing current government inaction
A new open source database launched by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education...
read moreBad News: Biden Gives ICE More Power to Deport Immigrants, Abandons Moratorium Pledge
On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) formally backtracked from President Joe Biden’s pledge to halt deportations...
read moreJoe Biden’s Honeymoon With Progressive Democrats Is Officially Over
With his announcement that he “will not” cancel $50,000 of student loan debt, Biden commenced the first battle with the progressives...
read moreBad News: 2021 Update: Half of America In or Near Poverty
We need Guaranteed Jobs. President Biden’s proposed Civilian Climate Corps is a positive step in this direction. Source:...
read moreWhen will things be normal again? Fauci says Americans may still need masks in 2022
Fauci predicted the country would be “approaching a degree of normality” by the end of the year, but says face coverings...
read moreMarjorie Taylor Greene’s Election Shows the Danger of Partisan Gerrymandering
Because gerrymandering creates noncompetitive districts, many of the Georgia legislators who will be drawing the new maps got their...
read moreFacebook strikes last-minute deal with Australia around news content
Facebook on Monday said it had struck a deal with Australian lawmakers to pay local publishers for their news content, after the...
read moreProgressives Not Mourning as Neera Tanden’s Bid to Head OMB on Verge of Collapse
One advocacy group urged Biden to instead “nominate someone who will put the public interest ahead of corporate...
read moreDominion files $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell
Dominion Voting Systems on Monday sued MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for more than $1.3 billion in damages, alleging that the Trump ally...
read moreBad News: Biden’s Agriculture Nominee Could Bring US Back Into Trans-Pacific Partnership
Tom Vilsack is expected to pursue the interests of agribusiness like he did as Agricultural Secretary under Obama. Source: Biden’s...
read moreDems are Failing by not Giving People the Money they Promised
The Stimulus Check Debacle Is Why People Don’t Trust Politicians Source: The Stimulus Check Debacle Is Why People Don’t Trust...
read moreCan the Same Vaccines Protect Against New COVID Strains?
I 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 moreCould Israel Target the Hague over ICC Prosecution?
The 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 moreJudas and the Black Messiah: why it took so long for Hollywood to investigate the FBI
For decades, cinema has presented the bureau as the best of America. Now a new drama starring Daniel Kaluuya finally dispels that...
read moreRussian Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Project Tests Biden’s Relations with Russia, Germany—and Congress
Torn between mending ties with Germany or Republicans in Congress, the Biden administration takes a softer line on Nord Stream 2 than...
read moreLate cop alleges in shocking letter that the FBI and NYPD conspired to assassinate Malcolm X
Raymond 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 moreA DEATH PENALTY INFORMATION CENTER ANALYSIS OF 185 DEATH-ROW EXONERATIONS SHOWS MOST WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS ARE NOT MERELY ACCIDENTAL
DPIC began looking more closely into death-row exonerations in the U.S. in the twenty years since the Supreme Court ruled in Furman...
read moreAndrew Cuomo and the Lincoln Project were media-created debacles. What now?
The 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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