Biden admin launches new program allowing everyday Americans to sponsor refugees
The Biden administration this week announced a groundbreaking initiative that will allow everyday Americans to financially sponsor...
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The climate crisis threatens economic stability – why are central bankers divided?
Jerome Powell and Mervyn King reject taking on climate policy, while Mark Carney and Christine Lagarde say action is vital...
read morePeru: CIA-Linked US Ambassador Meets With Mining And Energy Ministers
After a coup overthrew left-wing President Pedro Castillo, the US ambassador, CIA veteran Lisa Kenna, met with mining and energy...
read moreNikki Haley accuses Pompeo of ‘lies and gossip to sell book’ after vice-president plot claim
Nikki Haley said the former secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s claim that she plotted to replace Mike Pence as Donald Trump’s...
read moreFBI arrests 3 active-duty marines who work in intelligence for participation in Capitol riot
Since Marine Maj. Christopher Warnagiris, who was taken into custody in May 2021 on nine charges, the three men are the first...
read moreDelay Has Already Weakened Garland’s Case Against Trump
It’s been two years since the insurrection, and the appointment of a special counsel only slowed the prosecution of the former...
read moreClimate misinformation skyrockets on Twitter under Musk’s ownership
Search for the word “climate” on Twitter and the first automatic recommendation isn’t “climate crisis” or “climate jobs” or even...
read moreBiden’s voluntary request for DOJ search of his Wilmington home turns up six more classified documents
New search turns up six more items from tenures as vice-president and in the Senate
read moreBiden Admin Still Pushing Trump-Era Legal Positions After Two Years in White House
“As the previous administration violated legal and ethical norms at every turn, Attorney General Merrick Garland’s choice...
read more“Immigrants Are Not a Political Football”: Biden’s Immigration Plan Has Flopped With Progressives
Freshman representative Greg Casar tells Vanity Fair that the president’s plan to expand Title 42 “won’t solve anything,” while...
read moreAert: The Lawsuit That Could Freeze Speech Against Billionaires
A gas mogul’s case against Beto O’Rourke could deter candidates from ever talking about money in politics.
read moreDowntown Atlanta protests over police killing of Cop City protestor end with 6 arrests –
Six people were arrested during brief protests over the killing of an activist known as Tortuguita. A police car was set on fire, but...
read moreIf You Work for a Major Corporation, Your Boss Has Probably Already Made More in 2023 Than You Will
This is the U.S. inequality crisis compressed into one statistic.
read moreRuben Gallego challenging Kyrsten Sinema in 2024 Arizona Senate race
The liberal Marine veteran’s face-off against the newly-Independent senator has the potential to split the vote in a general election...
read moreDemocrats Lambast GOP Plan to Abolish Income Tax and Impose 30 Percent Sales Tax
“Are they TRYING to show exactly how out of touch they are?” Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote.
read moreThe Israeli Right Is the Minority — The Left Need Only Realize It
It’s time for the Jewish left to understand that by aligning its struggle with the Palestinians, it can be part of a majority against...
read more‘Victory for Human Rights and Academic Freedom’: Harvard Reverses on Kenneth Roth
“How is the Kennedy School,” asked Roth, “going to ensure that this episode conveys a renewed commitment to...
read moreKey facts about China’s declining population
This is a trend expected in most developed nations. Lower sperm count, pregnancy later for women, fewer children.
read moreAlert: Corporations Are Pushing The Supreme Court To Crush Unions
Conservative corporate lobbying groups are leaning on the government’s most minoritarian branch, the Supreme Court, to deal a massive...
read moreWhy Is Governor Kathy Hochul Waging War on Her Own Party?
New York’s governor is a relic from a lost world.
read moreWashington DC: Belmarsh Tribunal Calls For Assange’s Release
On Friday, January 20, progressive groups in the United States will be hosting the third Belmarsh Tribunal in the capital, Washington...
read moreBlack man sues cops after being pulled over 70 times in 8 years
The report says he was pulled over in 2021 for not updating his new car color on his registration. By law, he wasn’t required to, but...
read moreAlert: The free market is failing us on antibiotics
Some 35,000 people in the U.S. die every year from antibiotic-resistant infections; that figure is 1.3 million globally. “Bugs always...
read moreIs the United States on the Verge of Civil War II?
“Folks keep talking about another civil war. One side has about 8 trillion bullets, while the other side doesn’t know which bathroom...
read moreMedvedev Threatens Nuclear War If Russia Loses in Ukraine
“The defeat of a nuclear power in a conventional war may trigger a nuclear war,” Medvedev, deputy chairman of...
read moreDo Biden’s hidden classified documents expose U.S. instigation of 2014 Ukraine coup?
The January 12, 2023 Times articles exposed Biden’s previously hidden bombs via four full pages detailing the the investigations of...
read moreRichest 1% Took 2/3rds Of Global Wealth Since 2020
In 2020 and 2021, the wealthiest 1% of the world’s population took nearly two-thirds of all new wealth — six times greater than...
read moreAt Halfway Point, A Look at Biden’s Promises to the US Left
Biden’s failures on the “left” cannot be entirely deflected onto his right-wing detractors in Congress and on the Supreme Court. He...
read moreThe worst thing about Davos? The Masters of the Universe think they are do-gooders
Will will the world’s most cutthroat plutocrats and cold-blooded status-seekers stop trying to convince us they have a heart of gold?...
read moreAdvocates Say ‘Hell No’ as Manchin Pitches Social Security Deal With GOP
One advocate urged President Joe Biden to “reiterate his commitment to only signing a clean debt limit increase, and...
read moreTax the Wealthy At Least 75%, Says Oxfam. Do It Now.
The billionaires and their invited guests at Davos will pay this international call no mind, but that doesn’t mean it...
read moreFascists now control Congress — and we can’t afford to pretend otherwise
McCarthy and his party will now do everything they can to sabotage any and all investigations into the crimes of Jan. 6. Even worse,...
read moreGreta Thunberg Warns Davos Elite Will Throw Humanity ‘Under the Bus’ for Profits
“As long as they can get away with it, they will continue to invest in fossil fuels,” the Swedish climate activist said....
read moreAt Davos, Capitalists Are Trying To Solve the Problems They Themselves Create
At the World Economic Forum’s conference in Davos this week, elites will try to address problems from climate change to the threat of...
read moreWill Peace Ever Get Its Chance?
Negative peace aims at avoiding, positive peace at enduring. But negative peace is an immediate necessity because wars are so much...
read moreSo Much for the Idea that Biden Is the One to Beat the GOP in 2024
Even one of the most loyally partisan House Democrats, Adam Schiff of California, felt compelled to say during an ABC News interview...
read moreAlert: How the Federal Reserve Protects the Top One Percent
Our central bank operates by and for the financial elite.
read moreRepublicans Have Already Filed Dozens of Bills to Restrict Voting in 2023
Republican lawmakers across the country have already filed dozens of bills that would restrict voting, including proposals in Texas...
read moreTreasury starts extraordinary measures as U.S. hits debt ceiling
Yellen in a letter to Congress said that Treasury was instituting a “debt issuance suspension period” beginning Thursday...
read more‘The history is very clear’: James Clyburn warns Democrats against primarying Joe Biden in 2024
In an interview with CBS News, Clyburn not only predicted that Biden will run for re-election, but also made it clear where he stands...
read moreThe Mainstream Media Is Lying To You About Ukraine
Carefully avoiding how the U.S. has repeatedly intervened and made things worse, the media is lying to you about Ukraine....
read moreSurprise! Meta and Twitter happy to host lies about the climate crisis
Imran Khan, executive director of the Center for Countering Digital Hate found that climate lies in verified accounts have risen...
read morePrince Harry’s PR Firestorm Creates Opportunity to Rethink Militarism
There was deep anger over Prince Harry’s admission. But we shouldn’t be angry that he told the truth about the dehumanization...
read moreA Chicago Attorney Is Getting Justice For Hundreds Of Wrongfully Convicted People All At Once
Josh Tepfer has helped exonerate 288 people, many of whom were convicted based on patterns of misconduct by corrupt police or...
read moreBetrayal Of Gorbachev Regarding NATO Explained In Detail
Clinton’s betrayal of Gorbachov is the root cause of the current impasse. He promised not to expand NATO up to Russia’s...
read moreGOP Weaponizes Debt Ceiling To Slash Welfare
Ro Khanna Warns House GOP Wants to “Hijack the Entire US Economy” to Cut Social Security
read moreWatch: Marjorie Taylor Greene rejects supporting ‘a clean bill’ to raise the debt ceiling
United States Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday evening’s edition...
read moreCaribbean Matters: U.S.-manufactured guns are flooding the region, smuggled ‘in very creative ways’
Heads of state in the Caribbean are once again speaking out about arms manufactured here in the U.S. being smuggled into their...
read moreMilitary Families Are Going Hungry While the Pentagon Budget Skyrockets
That hunger is an issue at all in a military so wildly well-funded by Congress should be a grim reminder of our country’s priorities....
read moreJacinda Ardern resigns as prime minister of New Zealand
Asked how she would like New Zealanders to remember her leadership, Ardern said “as someone who always tried to be kind”....
read moreAlert: Missouri Republicans are upset with the will of their voters, so they plan to change the rules
When Missouri voters delivered a victory for recreational marijuana in November, Republican elected officials saw the future of what...
read moreGeorge Santos was reportedly a Brazilian drag queen named ‘Kitara Ravache’
U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY), also known as Anthony Devolder, or George Anthony Devolder Santos, or Anthony Zabrovsky, may have one...
read moreDonald Trump prepares for his return to Facebook and Twitter
Trump’s presidential campaign formally petitioned Facebook’s parent company Tuesday to unblock his account, according to...
read moreThe GOP’s Clown Caucus Is Getting What It Wanted: Plum Committee Seats
Lauren Boebert, Paul Gosar, Matt Gaetz, and Marjorie Taylor Greene have reportedly clinched key assignments on House committees...
read moreState Legislatures Are Back In Session – And Church-State Separation Is At Risk
State legislatures can be unpredictable. They also move fast — a state bill introduced today could pass by the end of the...
read moreIf This Global Austerity Continues, So Will Angry Protest
The majority of global protests against austerity and for economic justice have manifested people’s indignation at gross...
read moreAbortion Bans Are Part of GOP Plan to Disempower Working Class: Analysis
The Economic Policy Institute details how “abortion restrictions constitute an additional piece in a sustained project of...
read moreThousands Protest Latest Israeli Repression
Since Jan. 7, Thousands Of Palestinian And Israeli Protesters Have Taken To The Streets In Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa And Cities In...
read moreAlert: Plans for deep seabed mining pit renewable energy demand against ocean life in an untamed frontier
A wealth of these metals can be found in manganese nodules that look like cobblestones scattered across wide areas of deep ocean...
read moreHochul moves toward suing the New York Senate as committee rejects conservative judicial nominee
. If she gets her way, she’d be relying on Republican votes to confirm her pick for chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals. But...
read moreThousands Descend on Lima Demanding Resignation of Unelected Peruvian President
“We have come to Lima to defend our country, considering we are under a dictatorial government… which has stained our...
read moreLAPD tasing of Keenan Anderson brings scrutiny to police policy
The actions of the officers, captured on LAPD body cameras, have sparked protests, an internal investigation and calls for changes in...
read moreAlert: California Police Are Buying Guns From Dealers With Troubling Records
Law enforcement agencies spent millions in taxpayer funds buying weapons from vendors cited for gun safety violations, a new analysis...
read more200+ Millionaires to World Leaders at Davos: ‘Tax the Ultra-Rich and Do It Now’
“Until Davos attendees start talking about taxing the rich, the entire gathering will remain a very public example of how out...
read moreDocuments Mess Undercuts Idea That Biden Is the One to Beat the GOP in 2024
“Awkward” just begins to describe the position that recent developments have put leading Democrats in.
read moreTen Inconvenient Truths About Ukraine Largely Ignored by the Media
1. NATO’s expansion towards Russia’s borders 2. The Maidan Coup & Victoria Nuland’s “Fuck the EU”3. Joe Biden bragging about how...
read moreJeffrey Sachs: The New World Economy
The confluence of global change, disruption, and danger is astounding. Solutions lie in understanding, cooperation, and problem...
read moreThe economics of abortion bans: Abortion bans, low wages, and public underinvestment are interconnected economic policy tools to disempower and control workers
Abortion bans, low wages, and public underinvestment are interconnected economic policy tools to disempower and control workers...
read moreOhio Republicans quietly enact ‘alarming’ new voting restrictions
Law puts Ohio among states with strictest voter ID rules and will make it harder for elderly people, the disabled and the poor to...
read moreThe US Is Already Preparing For The Next War
War Strategists, Pundits, And “Experts” Have Set Their Sights On China.
read moreIs Biden Being Blackmailed to Send US Combat Troops to Ukraine?
Billionaire elites are using their power over the media, the political class and public opinion to coerce Joe Biden into sending US...
read moreAlert: Washington Might Let South Korea Have the Bomb
North Korean nuclearization makes a once-taboo option thinkable.
read moreBiden Calls for Police Officers to Be Retrained: ‘Why Should You Always Shoot With Deadly Force?’
Biden addressed a civil rights group in Washington, DC, on Monday, where he criticized Republicans for not passing a Democratic...
read moreThe Peruvian Government Is Massacring Protesters
Protests in Peru following the impeachment of Pedro Castillo show no signs of letting up. In the face of lethal repression,...
read moreTwitter’s revenue down 40% year over year
More than 500 of Twitter’s advertisers have paused spending on the micro blogging site since Elon Musk’s takeover last...
read moreRainforest Carbon Offsets Used by Major Corporations ‘Largely Worthless’: Analysis
“Companies are making false claims and then they’re convincing customers that they can fly guilt-free or buy...
read moreAlert: New House Financial Services Chair Took $8 Million From Banks
Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina has been selected to chair the House Financial Services Committee in the newly...
read moreOakland’s “Riders” Scandal and the Fraught Road to Police Reform
For years, a gang of police officers beat and brutalize civilians, arrest innocent people, plant drugs on suspects, and falsify...
read moreAlert: Elon Musk-funded nonprofit offered to finance Swedish pro-nazi group
The US-based and Elon Musk-funded Future of Life Institute, run by MIT professor and Swedish citizen Max Tegmark, offered a grant of...
read moreKilling the messenger: Joe Biden’s disturbing hypocrisy on Julian Assange
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder: Joe Biden stood up for press freedom as a candidate — but backtracked in the White House...
read moreTEN US states STILL celebrate Confederacy holidays in 2023, two on same day as MLK Day
Alabama and Mississippi celebrate MLK and Robert E. Lee, the losing Confederate general and slaveholder, on the same day.Arkansas,...
read morePacific islands urge Japan to delay release of Fukushima waste over contamination fears
The Japanese government said last week that water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant could be released into the sea...
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‘We Need Medicare for All’: Record Number in US Postponed Healthcare in 2022
“After health insurance companies raised prices 24% last year and made nearly $12 billion in profits last quarter, 38% of...
read more‘Huge Win’: NY Senate Panel Rejects Hochul’s Right-Wing Judicial Nominee supported by Hakeem Jeffries
State Sen. Kristen Gonzalez credited “the work of activists and organizers on the ground who sounded the alarm early on...
read moreThe royals’ shroud of secrecy serves a dismaying purpose
Prince Harry aside, the royals excel at hiding information about themselves — and this prevents them being held to account...
read moreFBI’s opposition to releasing Leonard Peltier driven by vendetta, says ex-agent
retired FBI agent Coleen Rowley calls for clemency for Indigenous activist who has been in prison for nearly 50 years...
read moreHow DeSantis ‘could potentially transform American society’ by challenging the First Amendment: journalist
Vox Senior Correspondent Ian Millhiser offered an analysis of the ways DeSantis consistently violates the U.S. Constitution by...
read moreReport: Major Corporations Are Complicit In Israel’s Water Apartheid
According to Al-Haq, businesses are instrumental in helping Israel restrict water access to Palestinians and destroy Palestinian...
read moreWeeks after 6-year-old shoots teacher, Vegas holds a gun show offering ‘JR-15’ rifles for kids
Not only does the gun industry not care about mass shootings in schools—or synagogues or grocery stores or churches or anywhere...
read moreThree police killings in one week expose L.A.’s deadly response to mental health crisis
Our failure to provide mental health care and proper emergency response leads directly to the needless deaths at the hands of police....
read moreAlert: Eating One Freshwater Fish Equals a Month of Drinking Water With ‘Forever Chemicals’: Study
“The extent that PFAS has contaminated fish is staggering,” said the lead researcher, advocating for “a single...
read moreSolomon Pena, New Mexico GOP candidate, visited homes of Democratic politicians to dispute election before shootings, officials say
Solomon Pena is accused of paying four men to carry out shootings at Albuquerque-area homes of two county commissioners and two state...
read moreWebsites Selling Abortion Pills Are Sharing Sensitive Data With Google
Some sites selling abortion pills use technology that shares information with third parties like Google. Law enforcement can...
read moreAn Appeals Court Wants to Bring Back Bump Stocks, Beloved by Mass Shooters
The decision by the Fifth Circuit is a painful lesson in why one-off weapons bans are doomed to fail in court, if not in practice....
read more‘Deeply Sinister’: Emails Reveal Big Pharma Pushed Twitter to Silence Vaccine Equity Voices
“At a time when online mobilizations were one of the few forms of protest available to the public, Twitter was seemingly asked...
read more‘There are too many secrets’: WaPo Editorial Board calls for systematic reform of document classification system
The paper’s editors had two main points. The first was that “too much national security information is classified, and...
read moreMcCarthy gives Santos his committee assignments just before the worst story yet emerges
Almost immediately after Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans announced that Rep. George Santos would get committee...
read moreCovid lab leak theory put virologists’ work in the spotlight
Critics view pathogen research as the Wild West of science. Virologists have faced online abuse and even death threats amid fears...
read moreLula Is Giving a Lesson in How to Respond to Right-Wing Attacks on Democracy
President Lula, unlike the US government, is swiftly cracking down on the perpetrators.
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