Voters Say Touchscreen Machines Switched Votes in Nine Mississippi Counties
The machine errors spark new concerns about electronic voting machines heading into the 2020 election. Source: Voters Say Touchscreen...
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Data Suggests Vote-Counting Machines Hacked Against Bernie Sanders in 2016 New Hampshire Primary
A similar discrepancy appeared in neighboring Massachusetts that same year, where the vast majority of optical scanner vote counting...
read moreAlert: Millennials worldwide fear nuclear attack this decade
The International Committee of the Red Cross released an astounding report. Source: Millennials worldwide fear nuclear attack this...
read moreNew text messages put Devin Nunes on the hot seat
New documents show a Nunes aide repeatedly in contact with Parnas, leading to even more questions about what Nunes knew and when....
read moreMitch McConnell’s insulting message to America: We don’t care what you think
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell can hardly be bothered to pretend he intends to fulfill his duty to hold a fair trial of...
read moreIsrael: Stop NSO Group Exporting Spyware To Human Rights Abusers
Israel must revoke the export license of NSO Group whose spyware products have been used in malicious attacks on human rights...
read moreVenezuela, China Have Signed More Than 500 Bilateral Agreements
Venezuela’s Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza highlighted Friday that to date Venezuela and China have signed more than 500...
read moreLAPD gang-framing scandal could have ripple effect on criminal cases
The LAPD is working with prosecutors to determine whether any criminal cases are tied to officers accused of falsifying gang...
read moreJudge: Ex-L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca must report to prison by Feb. 5
Lee Baca, 77, is set to begin serving a three-year sentence for his role in a scheme to obstruct an FBI investigation into abuses at...
read moreKusturica: ‘Assange is Dying, but Instead of News About Him We Are Bombarded With Junk Information’
On Tuesday, 14 January, world-famous filmmaker Emir Kusturica appeared at the Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival in...
read moreUS Hit Record $55.5B Renewables Investments In 2019
A last-minute push from U.S. investors on wind in response to the Production Tax Credit winding down, as well as bullish investments...
read moreMost States Saw Prison Reforms in 2019, But Incarceration Rates Remain High
2019 has seen an outpouring of local and state efforts to stem the tide of mass incarceration, from bail reform and mass bailouts, to...
read moreRussia and Turkey attempt to clean up NATO’s mess in Libya
Moscow and Ankara are not responsible for starting the conflict which has ravaged Libya, but they may have a decisive role in ending...
read more‘Sit This One Out’: FBI Slammed for Social Media Shoutout to Martin Luther King Jr.
“FBI, translated: Of all the people we have wiretapped, blackmailed, and tried to drive to their deaths through suicide, there...
read moreNew York Moving To Become Next State To Enact Public Banking
Public Bank NYC Coalition is planning to rally groups in support of public banking legislation, but only after making some additional...
read moreReport: One-Fourth of Christians ‘Speak in Tongues”
With the fading of mainline religion with seminary-educated clergy, less-educated ‘talking in tongues’ groups have...
read moreBush, Obama and Trump Have All Told the Same Ruinous Lie
The Bush, Obama and Trump administrations all routinely lied to the American people about the success of the 18-year war in...
read moreGuantánamo: psychologists who designed CIA torture program to testify
Lawyers for the defendants, who are among 40 detainees being held at prison camp on the island of Cuba, say it will be a unique...
read more‘We Will Not Be Intimidated’: Journalist Glenn Greenwald Defiant After Being Charged With Cybercrimes By Right-Wing Bolsonaro Brazilian Government
“This is despicable, dangerous, and a crime against journalism.” Source: ‘We Will Not Be Intimidated’:...
read more‘Love Letter to Capitalism and War’: Progressive Scorn Follows New York Times Endorsement
The newspaper’s endorsement of both Warren and Klobuchar, said one critic, reveals “so much about the liberal reaction to...
read more‘Global Precedent’ Set as UN Rules Climate Refugees Cannot Be Sent Back to Life-Threatening Conditions
Advocates praised the ruling as an “excellent step forward in refugee rights.” Source: ‘Global Precedent’ Set...
read moreThe MLK Lesson America Needs Most in 2020
Before he died, the civil rights leader joined a campaign to unify working people of all races. Today, nothing could be more...
read more“Electability” Is a Poisonous Political Shibboleth
Our elections should never be about elections. A voter who has taken to a narrow model of political possibility cannot be told much...
read more‘Pete Takes Money From Fossil Fuel Billionaires’: Climate Activists Disrupt Buttigieg Rally in New Hampshire
“We are really concerned about candidates who have taken money from fossil-fuel executives. So that includes Joe Biden as well...
read moreJournalists Visited Immigration Courts Across US and Found Nonstop Chaos
The Associated Press sent journalists throughout the country to immigration court. Source: Journalists Visited Immigration Courts...
read moreDr. King’s Radical Revolution Of Values
Dr. King’s spirit lives on in the new Poor People’s Campaign, and in every place radicals gather to change the world. Source: Dr....
read moreWisconsin Court of Appeals reverses course on voter purge
Reversing a lower court decision, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals has paused the planned purge of over 200,000 voters. A three judge...
read moreBernie Sanders Telco Breakup Plans Target AT&T, Verizon, Comcast
Sanders wants to fund publicly-owned broadband networks, and prevent internet providers from also making content. Source: Bernie...
read moreCentrists Don’t Want “Party Unity”—They Want to Defend the Wealthy
Attacks by moderate Democrats on Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are really about defending corporate power and structural...
read moreJoe Biden Tried to Cut Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare for 40 Years
Joe Biden was once a New Deal Democrat. Then he “evolved” and starting backing decades of Republican plans to cut Medicare and Social...
read moreEnding Militarization Of Our Communities
Now, the Department of Justice’s new Operation Relentless Pursuit threatens seven cities with more militarized police who view...
read moreDon’t Listen to Davos. We, the People, Have the Solutions to Inequality
Those solutions are plain as day to see. The research is there, and the practical examples are there as well. What’s missing is the...
read moreVirginia GOP Leader: ‘White Supremacist Garbage’ Isn’t Welcome At Pro-Gun Rally
Todd Gilbert called on all Virginians to “stand united in opposition to any threats of violence” after several neo-Nazis were...
read moreHere’s how existing antitrust law could help save democracy: Robert Reich
Antitrust should be used against Facebook and Twitter. They should be broken up. So instead of two mammoth megaphones trumpeting...
read moreA 2020 Reminder: 55% of US Women Between 18 and 54 Would Rather Live Under Socialism Than Capitalism
Not raving Marxists clamoring for state-run economy, evidence shows four in 10 Americans overall would rather live in country that...
read moreMartin Luther King Jr.’s Vision of Economic Justice: A Lot Like Bernie Sanders
King is often honored as a “civil rights” leader, while his Bernie-style radical economic vision is overlooked Source:...
read moreNSA, CIA are now attempting to withhold documents ‘potentially relevant’ to impeachment: House Intel chairman
The nation’s top intelligence officials are pushing Congress to cancel the year’s usual testimony to Congress on the nation’s top...
read moreSchumer on Senate Impeachment Trial: ‘We Will Force Votes’ on Witnesses and Documents
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday night he is prepared to ‘force votes for witnesses and documents’ in...
read moreJust 162 Billionaires Have The Same Wealth As Half Of Humanity
“Extreme wealth is a sign of a failing economic system,” says a new Oxfam report on global inequality. Source: Just 162 Billionaires...
read moreTrump’s ‘shocking and deeply disturbing’ foreign conflicts of interest detailed in explosive new report
A new report from Politico shows just how deep Trump’s foreign conflicts of interest go, and they show multiple potential violations...
read moreGreta Thunberg is not alone: Meet the teenage campaigners at Davos 2020
The planet’s future is their future, so it’s more important than ever to give them a platform for their voices to be...
read moreWhy Americans—and the World—Ought to Be Concerned About Julian Assange’s Extradition Case
The indictment of Assange is recognized by many free speech groups as the most important press freedom case of our time. Yet, with...
read moreMartin Luther King Jr. Warned That the Poor Pay for War With Their Lives
King warned us that the real enemy is war itself. Source: Martin Luther King Jr. Warned That the Poor Pay for War With Their...
read moreIf the National Archives Blurs Anti-Trump Speech From Its Exhibits, Is It Really an Archive?
Why show us the Women’s March but obscure one of the main issues that fed the energy of that day? Source: If the National...
read moreUnarmed subway rider tackled and ambushed by mob of New York cops plans $1 million lawsuit
Disturbing viral video may be the subject of a $1 million lawsuit after it showed a 19-year-old black man cooperating with his hands...
read moreSecond Largest Physicians Group in US Has a Prescription: It’s Medicare for All
“Major changes are needed,” declares the 159,000-member American College of Physicians, “to a system that costs too...
read more‘Welp, Glad That’s Settled:’ Global Poll Finds Majority Believe Capitalism More Harmful Than Good
The majority also said they believe they won’t be better off five years from now. Source: ‘Welp, Glad That’s...
read more7 Pointed Questions for Corporate Media About Their Anti-Progressive Biasesws
Over the last year, corporate outlets have continuously portrayed progressive reforms as scarily left-wing despite poll after poll...
read more4 Ways Washington Could Help Stop White Nationalist Violence — Now
The ideas are there. What’s needed is the will
read moreIran will leave pact barring it from getting nukes if complaint over 2015 deal filed with UN – Zarif
“If the Europeans continue their improper behavior or send Iran’s file to the Security Council, we will withdraw from the...
read moreBecause ‘I Can Feel Bernie Beating Trump,’ Pramila Jayapal Endorses Sanders for President
The co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus “has led the fight against Trump’s racism, sexism and...
read moreJustice Department Ignores Kushner Part Of Court Order To Release Mueller Interview Notes
Information won through a lawsuit by CNN and BuzzFeed is conspicuously missing the court-ordered records on Donald Trump’s...
read moreScientists Create a Strange ‘Living Concrete’ That Heals Itself When Damaged
Scientists at the University of Colorado, Boulder have created what The New York Times calls a “living concrete”, teeming...
read more10 Life Changes That Will Actually Make A Difference For The Environment
As wildfires dominate the news, experts suggest some of the best ways you can help the planet and combat climate change. Source: 10...
read moreWhy Everyone Must Visit National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Ala
The new museum and memorial in Montgomery are exactly the remembrance America needs Source: Why Everyone Must Visit National Lynching...
read moreRomney’s TRUST Act is a plot to gut Social Security behind closed doors
This past October, Romney introduced the TRUST Act, which would create a fast-track, closed-door process for cutting Social Security...
read moreHow the Netherlands got universal health insurance with a private market
The Netherlands has set up a system built on market precepts that outpaces most others in the world when it comes to the quality of...
read moreChina Announces Major Phaseout of Single-Use Plastics
China, the world’s No. 1 producer of plastic pollution, announced major plans Sunday to cut back on the sale and production of...
read moreAlert: One More Social Leader Killed in Colombia, 21 So Far in 2020
Social movements have strongly denounced the lack of protection for social leaders in Colombia. Source: One More Social Leader Killed...
read moreWomen’s March 2020: Protesters in D.C. and across the country pledge it’s only the beginning
Among the issues the Women’s March is championing this year, protesters say they have one main priority: getting Trump out of office....
read moreThe Battle to Impeach Trump Is Part of a Global Struggle for Democracy
The push to impeach Trump should become a rallying cry to put the capitalist system on trial too. Source: The Battle to Impeach Trump...
read moreFor Abuse of Office and Covering for Trump, Watchdog Group Files Formal DOJ Complaint Against AG William Barr
“The attorney general has acted in biased ways and violated Justice Department norms, standards, and rules to protect President...
read moreTrump Attaches Severe Restrictions to Puerto Rico’s Long-Delayed Disaster Aid
The Trump administration imposed severe restrictions on Wednesday on billions of dollars in emergency relief to Puerto Rico,...
read moreCities around the world unite for global protest against 5G technology on January 25
On Saturday January 25, activists from around the world will join together to protest the dangers of 5G technology.5G, or 5th...
read more4 Years Seeking Justice: Daughter of Slain Indigenous Environmental Leader Berta Caceres Speaks Out
At the time of her assassination, Cáceres had been fighting the construction of a major hydroelectric dam on the Gualcarque River on...
read moreJoining Thousands of Swiss Climate Strikers Before Davos, Greta Thunberg Tells World Leaders: ‘You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet’
“We sure have done this for a long time. But we need to make clear that this is just the beginning,” she told a crowd of...
read moreRevealed: Mississippi Restitution Program Locks Up Poor Debtors
How the state’s “restitution program” forces poor people to work off small debts. Source: Mississippi Restitution Program Locks Up...
read moreArticle: Iraqi PM reveals Soleimani was on peace mission when assassinated, exploding Trump’s lie of “imminent attacks”
Trump’s treacherous assassination has brought the US closer to war than ever before against a country more militarily potent...
read moreWarning: Planned State Voter Purge will Negatively Impact the Black Vote
A voter purge in Wisconsin will disproportionately impact black voters, undermining the right to vote. Source: Planned State Voter...
read more‘Cruel to Its Core’: 15 State Attorneys General Sue Trump Over Effort to Strip Food Assistance From Nation’s Poor
The new rules threaten to strip SNAP benefits away from nearly 700,000 Americans. Source: ‘Cruel to Its Core’: 15 State...
read moreThe Members of Congress Who Profit From War
Here are the senators and representatives who own stock in Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and other top defense...
read moreWhat Separates Sanders From Warren (and Everybody Else)
Americans (not to mention certain candidates) may tend to be a bit clueless when it comes to class consciousness, but Bernie Sanders...
read moreWarning: Hindu Nationalists are Transforming India into an Israel-style Ethnostate
The Citizenship Amendment Act is the latest repressive step the Indian government has taken against the country’s Muslim minority. By...
read moreNew Jersey Passes Civil Asset Forfeiture Reforms
New Jersey took two major steps toward increasing transparency and strengthening protections for property owners against civil asset...
read moreWarning: Trump’s Space Force Is Worse Than Reagan’s Star Wars
The U.S. military is creating and filling an imaginary “space gap,” wasting funds while increasing the risk of conflict. Source:...
read moreSenator Kamala Harris calls for halt to GOP nominations of judges during impeachment. GOP complies.
“During the time when articles of impeachment are before the Senate, it would be wholly inappropriate to advance the president’s...
read moreWarning: 2020 Election Hackers Are Coming — And We’re Not Ready
Threats to United States elections in 2020 are more sophisticated and widespread than ever. Source: 2020 Election Hackers Are Coming...
read moreThe Drive to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment, Explained
Virginia has voted to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Although obstacles still exist, it bolsters activism for gender equality....
read moreProgressive groups that support Warren and Sanders sign unity pledge
18 progressive groups have signed a pledge to step away from this battle in order to unify and elect a progressive president. The...
read moreIran Has a ‘Shockingly Strong’ War-Crimes Case Against Trump Over Soleimani’s Killing – and It Could Win
“Iran will pursue war-crimes charges against President Donald Trump at the International Criminal Court in the Hague over the...
read moreFive ways to counter military recruitment in your school district
As concerns persist over the potential for war, we’ve heard from people seeking resources to stop the military from recruiting their...
read morePalestinian Freedom 2020: Student activists confront Democratic candidates over aid to Israel
Last week, student activists with the group Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) were in Iowa as part of their Palestinian Freedom 2020 Bus...
read moreJewish group fears Trump’s new push threatens the separation of church and state
“The ‘religious freedom’ regulations announced by the White House regarding prayer in school and at nine federal agencies represent a...
read moreIran Suggests US Cyberattack Led To Weapons System Failure That Killed 176 People
The Iranians believe that the Americans disabled their radar system after Iran fired missiles at US troops housed in Iraqi bases in...
read moreEnvironmental Concerns, Including Water Crises, Dominate Global Risks Report Rankings for First Time in History
The world’s business elite, apprehensive about turbulent geopolitics after a year of international turmoil, nonetheless sees...
read moreWomen Overtake Men as Majority of U.S. Workforce
Women held more U.S. jobs than men in December for the first time in nearly a decade, a development that likely reflects the future...
read moreThe National Archives censorship of Women’s March photo: Getting history wrong
After its photo-altering blunder, the holder of the nation’s records may need to get out of the exhibition business. Source: The...
read moreAmsterdam to buy out young people’s debt to offer ‘new start’
City’s municipal credit bank will cancel some debt if young adults engage with training schemes Source: Amsterdam to buy out young...
read moreAt $11 Billion and Counting, Trump’s Border Wall Would Be the World’s Most Expensive
President Trump’s border wall comes at a staggering cost: $11 billion, or nearly $20 million per mile. It’s already the...
read moreSouthern Peace Activists Help Soldiers Become Conscientious Objectors
Peace activists in North Carolina report a spike in interest among service members in avoiding going to war. Source: Southern Peace...
read moreCalifornia Debate Over CEO Pay Tax Foreshadows Federal Fight
A bill to raise taxes on corporations with large gaps between CEO and worker pay moved forward in the California state senate...
read moreOne city’s reparations program that could offer a blueprint for the nation
Evanston, Illinois, is levying a tax on newly legalised marijuana to fund projects benefiting African Americans in recognition of the...
read moreFacebook’s Soleimani Ban Flies In Face Of First Amendment
Instagram, and its parent company Facebook, took down posts regarded as too sympathetic to Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. According...
read moreNew emails show the Justice Department is helping Big Oil fight climate lawsuits
“The Trump administration wants to control all dealings concerning fossil fuels, even though the fossil fuels are harming the youth...
read moreA Very Stable Genius review: dysfunction and disaster at the court of King Donald
Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, Pulitzer-winning Washington Post reporters, have produced a vital and alarming read Source: A Very...
read more‘Let’s Give Them Money’: Could Guaranteed Income Be a Solution to Wealth Inequality?
The first episode of our new podcast about guaranteed income, deservedness, and the country America can and should be. Source: ‘Let’s...
read moreWhat the U.S. Economy Can Learn From the Nordic Model
The U.S. economic system contributes to ongoing crises of addiction and mental health. The Scandinavians figured out the solutions...
read moreThe best country in the world to raise a child? It’s not America, survey finds
The US came in at number 18 for best country to raise a child, beaten by many countries in Europe, Canada and Australia. Source: The...
read more‘We Are Still Here’: Native Americans Fight to be Counted in US Census
For Native Americans, the census ‘impacts everything,’ from federal funding to political representation. But Native Americans have...
read moreSenate Urged to Convict Trump After GAO Says Freezing Ukraine Aid Was Illegal
The GAO, a federal watchdog agency, says the White House broke the law by withholding aid to Ukraine. Source: Senate Urged to Convict...
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