The “Brutal Solidarity” Between Buffalo and Palestine
The violence that has visited Buffalo’s Black community and the Palestinian mourners of Shireen Abu Akleh speaks to the commonality...
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Did CIA Train Ukrainian Torturers?
On May 6, a meeting was held at the United Nations Security Council in order to discuss topics concerning the war crimes committed by...
read moreEU gives companies green light to buy gas from Russia
European companies are starting to move ahead to comply with Russian demands and keep the gas flowing.
read moreAlert: Biden secretly approves plan to redeploy hundreds of US troops to Somalia to battle al-Shabab militants
Without a vote or even a public announcement, America is headed back to war overseas. Source: Biden approves plan to redeploy US...
read moreEnvironmentalists Cheer as Biden Admin Cancels Millions of Acres of Oil and Gas Lease Sales in Public Waters
President Joe Biden’s Interior Department confirmed on Wednesday that it has canceled three lease sales that would have opened...
read moreWe can ‘neither confirm nor deny’ we’re spying on Congress
Our bipartisan, public interest organization frequently files Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to learn how the FBI,...
read moreEmails show that John Eastman thought allegations of fraud were unnecessary for stealing an election
If there was no fraud, how could they justify overriding the will of the voters? Luckily, an obscure conservative law professor had...
read moreRon DeSantis signs bill criminalizing peaceful protests in residential neighborhoods
The draconian restrictions on free speech were levied in response to the nationwide explosion of demonstrations directed at the...
read moreAlert: The United States Is Supporting A Brutal Occupation In Western Sahara
Immediately following the expulsion of the Spanish colonizers in the mid 1970’s, Western Sahara was occupied by Moroccan forces. With...
read moreBlack police, blue line: What happened when a Tacoma officer challenged institutional racism
As police departments across the country have been confronted with allegations that their practices widen divides with communities...
read moreUS Congress: Rashida Tlaib introduces Nakba resolution
Congresswoman says measure aims to recognise forced displacement of Palestinians during establishment of Israeli state....
read moreAlert: Justices limit federal court review of some deportations
A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday ruled that federal courts are powerless to review immigration officials’ decisions in some...
read moreMillions Could Soon Face Surging Health Insurance Premiums Unless Congress Acts
“Democrats are on the verge of dooming millions of Americans to huge new healthcare bills, which will in turn serve to ruin any...
read moreSteven Donziger: A Tale For Our Times
I really cannot think of any individual story that better incorporates so many aspects of the dreadful corruption of modern western...
read moreEU growth forecast cut as war in Ukraine fuels inflation
The growth prospects for the EU have been revised sharply downwards after the war in Ukraine put paid to hopes of a strong and...
read moreDemocratic nominee chosen in most important Senate race
John Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, has won the state’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, according to...
read moreTurkey says it will not approve Sweden and Finland joining Nato
Ankara first raised objections to Finnish and Swedish membership on Friday, citing their history of hosting members of Kurdish...
read moreBaby Formula Shortage Reveals Corporate Monopolies’ Grip on Market
So, let’s start with this real catastrophe right now for parents with babies across the country and the whole issue of monopolies,...
read moreHe Was Sentenced to Death After Law Enforcement Fabricated Evidence. A Federal Court Says He Can Sue.
In 2001, a prosecutor and a police officer pinpointed a suspect of choice, constructed a story around him, and then coerced a...
read moreWe Can’t Talk About the Racist Massacre in Buffalo Without Talking About Capitalism
We are not being honest about violence if we ignore the profit motive in weapons manufacturing.We are not being honest about racism...
read moreDallas salon owner believes shooting a hate crime: ‘He didn’t even demand money. He just came in to shoot people’
A day after saying that hate wasn’t a factor in the shooting that injured three Korean women, Dallas police are now...
read moreRep. Madison Cawthorn loses N.C. GOP House primary
North Carolina state Sen. Chuck Edwards defeated Rep. Madison Cawthorn to win the Republican nomination for the state’s 11th...
read morePolice: Laguna Woods shooting was politically motivated hate crime
‘It is believed the suspect involved was upset about political tensions between China and Taiwan,’ Orange County Sheriff...
read moreLast defenders of Mariupol evacuated: what is Ukraine’s Azov Regiment?
At the core of that last stand has been the Azov Regiment whose fighters are lionised as heroes in Ukraine, but reviled by...
read moreAthens Declaration Calls for End to Ukraine War and Creation of ‘Lasting Peace’
Put forth by international progressive leaders “calling the world to sanity,” the document envisions a global security...
read moreEvery single home in the US gets a risk rating as wildfires soar
Wildfire risk modeling is more crucial than ever to help protect lives and property, and new technology from a Brooklyn-based...
read moreAlert: Rising Authoritarianism and Escalating Climate Change Are Supported by the Same Industries
The biggest obstacles, a recent U.N. climate report noted, are national leaders who are unwilling to regulate fossil fuel...
read moreSCOTUS Decision in Cruz Case Makes It Easier for Mega-Wealthy to Influence Races
The case involved Cruz’s use of post-election campaign fundraising dollars in order to pay himself back for personal loans he took...
read moreWhy Funding Ukraine Is Just Dead Wrong
Quietly, thoughtlessly, and ominously, America is sleepwalking towards a nuclear war. Republicans and Democrats in Congress struck a...
read moreMore Than 75% Of The World Could Face Drought By 2050, UN Report Warns
“The facts and figures of this publication all point in the same direction: an upward trajectory in the duration of droughts and the...
read moreMedian Pay of Top CEOs Hits Record $14.7 Million as Workers Strike Over Starvation Wages
“While most of America struggles to put gas in the tank and pay the grocery bills, price-gouging, excessive-profit-taking CEOs...
read moreThe Select Committee Has Finally Subpoenaed Some Of The 1/6 Perps… Like Mo Brooks & Gym Jordan
the Select Committee has subpoenaed– very much at Liz Cheney’s insistence– 5 House Republicans who the members...
read more198 mass shootings in 2022 already, including the Buffalo, New York, attack
With just over 19 weeks into the year, this averages out to about 10 such attacks a week.The tally comes from the Gun Violence...
read moreSt. Louis newspaper slams Supreme Court as ‘political hacks in black robes’ in scathing editorial
Faith in the U.S. Supreme Court continues to decline. Morning Consult, in a poll released on May 8, found that only 49% of U.S....
read more‘Enabled white supremacy’: Liz Cheney goes on attack against Stefanik and GOP leaders after Buffalo mass shooting
In the wake of the Buffalo, NY mass shooting that killed 10 Black people, U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) Monday morning leveled strong...
read moreThe Super Immunity of Our Fabulously Wealthy Corporate Dictators
The Robber Barons of old have nothing on this new class of digital oligarchs.
read moreWe’re Losing Track of COVID-and It’s Going to Bite Us in the Ass
The collapse of COVID-19 testing around the world may soon force governments to get creative with how they monitor infection rates....
read moreScrutiny of Republicans who embrace ‘great replacement theory’ after Buffalo massacre
Extremist ideology has found favor with media figures like Tucker Carlson and also with elected politicians and others seeking office...
read moreFar-right extremists are not just within the ranks of police, but work for firms that train them
The saturation of the ranks of our police forces with far-right extremists is one of the harsh realities of American life that...
read moreKagan Pens Scathing Dissent as Supreme Court Kills Another Campaign Finance Rule
“In allowing those payments to go forward unrestrained, today’s decision can only bring this country’s political...
read moreTelling Abortion Rights Supporters to Vote Isn’t Enough
At what point will Democrats deliver on their promises?
read morePopulism, Freedom, and the Current Threats to Democracy
Progressive Populists need to understand the current struggle as a long-term battle over whose interests the Democratic party and the...
read moreCapitalism Is to Blame for How Quickly US COVID Deaths Reached 1 Million
The idea of obeying science to the point that multibillion dollar corporations might lose custom and market share for a time was more...
read moreJournalists Accused Israel of Targeting Them 2 Weeks Before Killing of Abu Akleh
Just two weeks before Israeli forces assassinated beloved Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the International...
read moreIt Is Foolish For Finland And Sweden To Join NATO
Sweden and Finland are now joining because elites related to the Military-Industrial-Media-Academic Complex, MIMAC, in both countries...
read moreThe Blue Dogs Are Trying To Sell Some Especially Heinous Candidates This Cycle– Aided By The DCCC
Maloney is a very conservative New Dem and turning out to be as bad a chairman as most of his DCCC predecessors– no political...
read moreICE released sick and dying detainees, avoiding responsibility
Documents offer a rare look into one of several known instances in which ICE detainees were discharged as they were on the edge of...
read moreBezos Praises Manchin for Blocking Biden’s Corporate Tax Hike
“Biden’s plan was to make billionaires and corporations pay their fair share in taxes, and use that money to help...
read moreTHE U.S. IS STEALING AFGHANISTAN’S MONEY AND STARVING ITS PEOPLE
Afghan journalist Masood Shnizai describes his country’s worsening plight since the U.S. departure last year.
read moreWhy White Nationalism Requires Antisemitism
Like other white nationalists, the Buffalo shooter must resolve a contradiction. If Black and brown people are inferior, how have...
read moreJohns Hopkins Students Commemorate 74 Years Since The Nakba
Johns Hopkins University students gathered on Thursday, May 12, to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the Nakba—or...
read moreJeff Bezos Demands Twitter Probe Of Biden’s Call For Corporations To Pay Fair Taxes
Bezos wants Twitter’s “Disinformation Board” to probe Biden’s message because he claimed the president inaccurately linked higher...
read moreBorder Patrol disbands ‘Critical Incident Teams’ accused of covering up abuse
After a litany of abuse coverup allegations and pressure from activists and Congress, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is...
read moreCutting air pollution from fossil fuels would save 50,000 lives a year
Researchers also determined that the cuts would provide more than $600 billion a year in health benefits in the United States....
read moreSuicides of 125 Georgia inmates point to another crisis for state prisons
Campbell is among the 125 inmates identified by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution who have committed suicide in facilities managed by...
read moreAn estimated $163 billion from pandemic unemployment benefits were misspent or stolen
Identity theft and sophisticated criminal schemes siphoned billions from pandemic unemployment benefits while government officials...
read moreCan US Progressives Defeat Big Money Democrats and Trumpism?
To stave off authoritarianism, Democrats need to deliver on their promises and directly confront the institutions that deny...
read moreJEWISH PROGRESSIVES SOUND THE ALARM AS RIGHT WING PRO-ISRAEL GROUPS TARGET PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES
AIPAC and DMFI are leading scorched-earth campaigns in Democratic primaries. Progressive Jews warn the tactics are all too familiar....
read moreTurkey Lays Out Demands as Finland, Sweden Seek NATO Membership
“Our stance is perfectly open and clear. This is not a threat, this is not a negotiation where we’re trying to leverage...
read moreWhite House Takes Steps to Ease Infant Formula Shortage But Fails to Address Industry Monopoly
The White House today announced a deal to reopen Abbott Nutrition’s infant formula plant in a bid to ease widespread shortages, but...
read more‘We’re chewing people up’: The left fights back against primary attacks from corporate Dems
With progressive candidates seemingly buried by a mountain of super PAC cash, the left’s top elected leaders rushed to their defense...
read moreCould the Summit of the Americas Be Biden’s Next Foreign Policy Embarrassment?
Biden seems to want the Summit of the Americas to address his concerns, not those of Latin America. If the event...
read moreThe media wants to claim there are extremes on ‘both sides,’ but this year’s GOP primaries prove that is simply untrue
This week on The Downballot, Daily Kos Elections contributing editor Steve Singiser joins us to gawk at a bunch of GOP primaries...
read moreClaude Garrett Is Released After 30 Years Behind Bars
Having twice convicted Garrett for setting a fatal fire in 1992, the Nashville DA’s office dropped the charges against him,...
read more‘We will not go back’: thousands rally for abortion rights across the US
More than 300 pro-choice protests organized around US against expected reversal of 1973 landmark law that made abortion legal...
read moreNY Times Shifts Prowar Narrative, Documents Failure Of US In Ukraine
It appears some in the Foreign Policy Elite and other precincts of the Deep State have seen the looming disaster for the proxy war on...
read moreNewsom hails unprecedented $97.5 billion California budget surplus
The overflowing budget is buoyed by tax revenue from California’s wealthiest residents.
read moreDOJ probes Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified information
It was revealed in February that Trump brought boxes of White House documents to his Mar-a-Lago estate.
read moreTwenty States Threaten Legal Action against Biden Administration Over “The Ministry of Truth”. Call for Disbanding The Disinformation Governance Board (DGB).
As the chief legal officers of our respective States, we, the undersigned Attorneys General, are tasked not just with enforcing the...
read more‘Flatly Incomprehensible’: White House Prepares to Ration Vaccines as GOP Obstructs Covid Aid
The Biden White House is reportedly preparing to ration coronavirus vaccines as Senate Republicans continue to obstruct a...
read moreThe 25 Most Important US Primary Elections in 2022
The following are the twenty five most crucial primaries for the left to win, and will be taking into account the quality of the...
read moreHow the US Will Ignore Israel’s War Crime of Killing Shireen Abu Akleh
The goal is to assuage public anger with empty calls for an investigation, until this latest atrocity fades from the news cycle....
read moreAlert: Senate Dems Won’t Protect Abortion Rights, But Vote Unanimously to Protect Justices From Protests
“It’s remarkable how quickly the Senate has acted to protect the privacy and safety of five justices,” said one...
read more‘Reprehensible’: Biden Slammed for Urging States to Spend Untapped Covid Funds on Cops
“Incredibly bleak and symptomatic. Money allocated to care for humans will be used to cage and kill them instead.”...
read moreSanders Slams AIPAC and Billionaires for Spending Millions Against Progressives
During a rally in support of U.S. House candidate Summer Lee on Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders called out super PACs bankrolled by the...
read more‘Is that legal?’: New analysis explores Republicans’ push for Supreme Court demonstrators to be arrested
“There is a federal law that prohibits the protesting of judges’ homes,” Cotton told NBC News. “Anybody...
read moreThe Bizarre, Unanimous Democratic Support For The $40b War Package
“The US Anti-War Left Is Dead. The Squad’s $40b War Vote Just Killed It.” Many Dems Voting YES Have Long Denounced Exactly These...
read moreAlert: Nonprofit Watchdog Uncovers $350 Million in Secret Payments to Fauci, Collins, Others at NIH
.“We estimate that up to $350 million in royalties from third parties, meaning pharmaceutical companies and other payers, were paid...
read moreRussia cuts off power supplies as Finland’s ruling party backs NATO bid
Russian electricity suppliers on Saturday followed through on a threat to cut off power flows to Finland as the ruling Social...
read moreUS secretly issued subpoena to access Guardian reporter’s phone records
Newspaper decries ‘egregious’ move by DoJ to obtain details of Stephanie Kirchgaessner as part of investigation into media leaks...
read moreJessica Cisneros outraises Henry Cuellar, puts Pelosi in hot seat
With less than two weeks remaining until election day, progressive immigrants rights attorney Jessica Cisneros is raising far more...
read more‘We know where we are headed’: humanity is sacrificing itself on the altar of corporate profits
Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global...
read moreClimate-Driven Drought has risen 29% this Century, will create 216 mn. Refugees by 2050: UN
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification issued a new report, “Drought in Numbers 2022 on Friday, warning of the dangers of the...
read moreSummit Of The Americas Is Shaping Up To Show US Has Become Isolated
Politico headlined a piece about how “Biden’s Americas summit is drawing jeers and threats of boycott”, which reported that several...
read moreProgressive Voter Guide Primary 2022
The June 7, 2022, California Primary Election is just around the corner. But you don’t have to wait for election day to cast your...
read moreAlert: One in Four Medicare Patients Harmed in Hospitals, Nearly Half Preventable
Leah Binder, president and CEO of the Leapfrog Group, which routinely grades hospitals on various safety measures, called the...
read moreUS Covid deaths hit 1m, a death toll higher than any other country
Virus has laid bare America’s fragmented healthcare system and corrosive racial and socioeconomic inequality Source: US Covid deaths...
read moreRepublicans Don’t Think Undocumented Immigrants Should Get Baby Formula
Republican lawmakers say sending baby formula amid a nationwide shortage to feed undocumented immigrant infants is...
read moreLawyers tell Elon Musk he violated Twitter NDA, purchase now “on hold”
The aspiring oligarch has long believed that rules don’t apply to him, but his fast-and-loose commentary following his...
read moreAlert: Republican Money Is Gushing Into Democratic Primaries To Nominate Conservative Dems
Massive amounts of Republican money is being laundered into Democratic primaries via AIPAC’s sleazy United Democracy Project...
read moreBreakaway region of Georgia to hold referendum on joining Russia
South Ossetia, focal point of Russia-Georgia war of 2008, will decide whether to subsume itself into larger neighbour in July...
read moreIt Was Wrong to Sentence Black Woman to Five Years in Prison for ‘Illegal’ Vote, a Texas Court Finally Says
The case of Crystal Mason, who has maintained that she had no idea she wasn’t allowed to vote and said she did so only at a poll...
read moreLeonard Peltier’s Continued Imprisonment Is an ‘Open Wound for Indian Country’
Calls are growing for President Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, the 77-year-old imprisoned Native American activist who...
read moreJoe Biden And The Democrats Have Nothing To Offer Organized Labor
The Biden Administration Has Paid Lip Service To The Trade Union Movement But Has Done Nothing To Break The Democratic Party’s Long...
read moreAlert: Court Rules California’s Under-21 Gun Sales Ban Unconstitutional
The federal appeals court said that the law violates the 2nd Amendment because it’s “an almost total ban on semiautomatic...
read moreTX Supreme Court rules Abbott’s investigations of parents with transgender children can resume despite ‘irreparable harm’
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower state court’s ruling, declaring Governor Greg Abbott’s order to investigate...
read moreUS Boarding School Investigative Report Released
The Findings Show The Federal Indian Boarding School System Consisted Of At Least 408 Federal Schools Across 37 States And Roughly 53...
read moreJudge Orders Partial Block of GOP-Backed Law Targeting Trans Youth in Alabama
Judge Burke said Alabama’s argument that gender-affirming care for youth is “unsettled science” was not persuasive....
read moreThe list of anti-Ukraine Republican lawmakers is quickly growing
In early March, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) was one of three lawmakers to oppose the first piece of pro-Ukraine legislation. With each...
read moreThe End of Roe Will Mean More Children Living in Poverty
How “pro-life” states are failing new parents and babies.
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