Sanders, Omar Unveil Bill to End ‘Absurd Corporate Handouts’ to Fossil Fuel Industry
“Our resources should go to helping the American people get through this crisis—not providing giveaways to the very...
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Brutal watchdog report finds the Capitol Police knew ‘Congress itself is the target’ on Jan. 6
The Capitol Police absolutely did know that the crowd of Trump supporters on Jan. 6 was threatening violence, and that “Congress...
read moreU.S. could have 300 million extra coronavirus vaccine doses by end of July, raising concerns over hoarding
The Biden administration is facing renewed pressure to facilitate equitable vaccine distribution around the world. Source: U.S. could...
read moreAlert: War Hawks Are Working Overtime to Derail US-Iran Diplomacy
As the saboteurs of diplomacy hope for a violent escalation, let’s keep in mind—and hope Iran agrees—that the best...
read moreContrary to What Biden Said, US Warfare in Afghanistan Is Set to Continue
No matter what the White House and the headlines say, U.S. taxpayers won’t stop subsidizing the killing in Afghanistan until there is...
read moreIt’s Time to Abolish Armed Traffic Stops
We should not have to live in a world where the police can kill young men like Daunte Wright for committing traffic violations....
read moreAmericans will likely have to navigate a maze of coronavirus vaccine “passports”
The private sector will likely use them no matter what Republicans say. Source: Americans will likely have to navigate a maze of...
read moreKhanna Criticizes Biden for Proposing Pentagon Budget Larger Than Trump’s
Congressman Ro Khanna of California was the first House Democrat to speak out Friday against President Joe Biden’s request for...
read more719 Billionaires Now Own Four Times More Wealth Than Poorest 165 Million Americans Combined
“Congress should act to restore taxes on the wealthy and limit further democracy-distorting concentrations of wealth and...
read moreGillibrand, Ocasio-Cortez Call on Congress to Help Rebuild USPS With Postal Banking Pilot Programs
“Postal banking must be part of American’s future.” Source: Gillibrand, Ocasio-Cortez Call on Congress to Help...
read moreNobel Laureates, Ex-World Leaders Urge Biden to Back WTO Waiver for Vaccines
Calling on U.S. President Joe Biden to prioritize human need over corporate greed, more than 170 Nobel laureates and former heads of...
read moreTop private law firms plan ‘SWAT teams’ to fight voting restrictions in court
The effort involves 16 firms as the legal community joins corporate American in criticizing GOP-led restrictions. Source: Top private...
read moreBiden Breaks Campaign Promise, Approves Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia
Above and beyond the reach of powerful politicians is the true business of the United States, its most profitable enterprise and its...
read moreCanceling Student Debt Will Help Health Care Workers and Advance Racial Justice
The entire health care industry is stitched to higher education and thus to student debt. So instead of offering a free coffee or a...
read morePresident Biden Should Use Executive Action to Stop Amazon-Style Union-Busting
Unions need labor law reform through the PRO Act. But even if that bill remains off the table in the near future, Joe Biden can use...
read moreFrom Endless War to Endless Operations
When American troops pull out of Afghanistan later this year, a small army of contractors will likely stay behind. We’ll trade a...
read moreBiden resists raising refugee cap over political optics, sources say
The President’s hesitation comes as the administration faces heat from Republicans and Democrats for its handling of an influx...
read moreKyrsten Sinema Exploring Federal Minimum Wage of $11, Lower Than Her Own State’s
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) is teaming up with Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) to form a bipartisan minimum-wage raise to counter the...
read moreSanders Praises Paycheck Fairness Act As Big Step Forward for Economic Justice
“For far too long, women have endured wage and workplace discrimination, which hurts families, weakens entire communities and drags...
read more97% of Earth’s Land No Longer Ecologically Intact, Study Finds
“Conservation is simply not enough anymore. We need restoration.” Source: 97% of Earth’s Land No Longer...
read moreCovid-19 Showed the US How It Could Make Universal Healthcare Work
But the Covid-19 pandemic cracked the door for a new kind of federal involvement. The US government sprang into action to create a...
read moreAlert: Biden to unveil Russia sanctions over SolarWinds hack and election meddling
Package of sanctions expel 10 officials and follows massive US government cybersecurity breach Source: Biden to unveil Russia...
read moreLiz Cheney ‘Would Not’ Support Trump as 2024 Nominee
Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R- WY) said Wednesday she would not support Donald Trump if he was the 2024 Republican party nominee....
read moreCensus Delay Spells Election Chaos for States
The months-long delay in tallying last year’s census is wreaking havoc on the states with elections this year and next.States and...
read moreThe Enormous Impact of Eroded Collective Bargaining on Wages
For the “typical” or median worker, declining unionization over the last four decades translates to a loss of $1.56 per hour worked,...
read moreMaryland Bans Sentencing Children to Life Without Parole
The bill gives hundreds of people an opportunity to petition for earlier release. Source: Maryland Bans Sentencing Children to Life...
read moreFederal Agencies Plan To Investigate Links Between PFAS Exposure and Viral Illness
Two federal health agencies are planning to investigate potential links between exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals and susceptibility...
read moreDerek Chauvin will not testify, invoking Fifth Amendment rights
Derek Chauvin’s defense team rested its case Thursday after the former Minneapolis police officer said that he would not...
read moreThe climate cost of Big Tech’s space obsession
Pulitzer Prize-winning climate journalist Elizabeth Kolbert argues that Big Tech leaders like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk should shift...
read moreBiden Promised That OSHA Would Protect Workers From Covid, but He’s Dragging His Feet
The president pledged to require businesses to make workplaces safe from the coronavirus on the campaign trail. Now he may not....
read moreNow Is the Time to End Our 30-Year War in Iraq
The country is broken, but U.S. troops remain. Source: Now Is the Time to End Our 30-Year War in Iraq – The American...
read moreRep. Betty McCollum Leads Effort to Put Conditions on U.S. Aid to Israel
Putting conditions on U.S. aid to Israel has become a controversial topic — but it was the norm in Washington just a few decades ago....
read moreNATO Initiates Full Withdrawal From Afghanistan
After two decades of unsuccessful military intervention, NATO recognized that there is no military solution to the challenges...
read moreStudy finds not just a peak in far-right domestic terrorism, but rising involvement of veterans
We’ve known for awhile that there has been a measurable “Trump Effect” regarding right-wing violence, particularly in the form of...
read moreBiden Admin Moves To Restore Obama-Era Housing Discrimination Rules That Trump Trashed
Housing Secretary Marcia Fudge on Tuesday moved to restore fair housing rules that were strengthened during the Obama administration...
read morePelosi, Durbin Oppose Moving Ahead With Supreme Court-Expansion Legislation Until Further Study
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday she has ‘no plans’ to bring a Democratic-led bill to expand the Supreme...
read moreStand with Haiti! A Call for Solidarity
Over 60 organizations call for support of the resistance by the Haitian people to the US-backed dictatorship of Jovenel Moise, and...
read more‘It’s a scandal, quite frankly’: US Equal Rights Amendment still faces uphill battle
A nearly century-long effort to explicitly enshrine gender equality in the United States constitution may finally be coming to a head...
read moreGrand jury indicts Muncie police officers accused of covering up excessive force against arrestees
MUNCIE, Ind. – A grand jury indicted four Muncie police officers in connection with an excessive force and obstruction...
read moreArkansas Republicans Who Pushed Anti-Trans Bill Pass a Bill to Teach Creationism
The right’s anti-trans push and the move to return creationism to the classroom emphasizes an anti-science connection. Source:...
read moreVaccine passports are coming, because businesses like money and Americans like not dying
The idea of allowing the Americans now immune (mostly!) to the virus to again gather together, however, also implies that...
read moreJayapal Calls for Crackdown on Wealthiest After IRS Chief Says Tax Evasion Costs US $1 Trillion a Year
“We don’t just need a wealth tax, we also need to give the IRS the tools it needs to make sure the ultra-rich finally pay...
read morePolice Group Says Qualified Immunity Makes Americans ‘Less Safe’
Last month, 54 police officers, judges, prosecutors, and federal agents across the country sent a letter to Congress urging...
read moreNo, Biden ending the Afghanistan War isn’t a Disaster: The disaster was Dropping 7,400 Bombs on the Country Annually
President Biden announced Tuesday that he will completely withdraw US troops from Afghanistan around September 1. This move will...
read moreA Tiny Number of People Will Be Hospitalized Despite Being Vaccinated. We Have to Learn Why.
Experts say we should investigate “breakthrough infections” to look out for variants and understand who’s vulnerable. In many cases,...
read moreThe new census will shake up seats in Congress. See how your state stands to win or lose.
Some states will gain seats after the census, while others such as Rhode Island will likely lose them. And even after the changes,...
read moreManchin bases opposition to infrastructure plan on Republican lie about corporate tax cuts, jobs
Senate Republicans, with an assist from Democrat Joe Manchin, are doing their level best to insist that it would destroy the economy...
read moreBolivia Launches International Campaign to Free COVID-19 Vaccine Patents
Bolivia will also urge rich countries that have hoarded vaccines to hand over their extra doses to the people who need them the most....
read moreCapitol Police were told to hold back, not use most aggressive tactics during MAGA insurrection
U.S. Capitol Police officers were told by their leaders not to use their most aggressive tactics to stop the mob that attacked the...
read moreIf CEOs Really Want to Stop GOP Attacks on Voting, Say Progressives, They’d Support the For the People Act
“While it’s great that these executives and their companies oppose the Jim Crow-style laws that GOP lawmakers are pushing...
read moreWhy It’s So Hard for America to End Its Wars
Is there any way for Biden to achieve peace with honor in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan? Source: Why It’s So Hard for America to End...
read moreWhen We Realize That the U.S. Can’t Control the World?
Joe Biden’s foreign policy differs little from that of his predecessor Donald Trump. The imperatives of the United States hegemon...
read moreRussia calls for ban on weapons in space
“We consistently believe that only a guaranteed prevention of an arms race in space will make it possible to use it for...
read more‘Too Dangerous to Exist’: Coalition Calls for Ban on Private, Corporate Use of Facial Recognition
“Letting this tool of authoritarian control spread throughout the private sector has serious implications for worker organizing...
read more250 Groups Urge WTO Chief to Ditch Pharma-Friendly Approach and Embrace Vaccine Patent Waiver
“Global supply should not be dependent on the purely commercial prerogatives and exclusive rights of pharmaceutical companies...
read morePoll: 15% of Americans worse off a year into pandemic
The problem is more pronounced at lower-income levels: 29% of Americans living below the federal poverty line say their personal...
read moreMilitary programs aiming to end pandemics forever – 60 Minutes
If his concept, now in clinical trials, proves successful, Dr. Modjarrad says in five years a single vaccine could defeat all...
read more‘Now, We Need to Make the Change Permanent’: FDA Lifts Abortion Pill Restriction During Pandemic
“The in-person dispensing restriction—which the Trump administration fought to keep in place during the...
read moreUCS Delivers Letter to White House Signed by More Than 1,500 Scientists Urging Biden to Cut Emissions by at Least Half by 2030
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) today delivered a letter to the White House urging President Joe Biden to commit to reducing...
read moreCases Like Reality Winner’s Show Press Needs to Protect Whistleblowers
As the government attacks press freedom, reporters must consider their responsibility to sources — and each other. Source:...
read moreThe United States as a Mass-Killing Machine
On this planet of ours, America is the emperor of weaponry. Source: Opinion | The United States as a Mass-Killing Machine
read moreWelcome to the new colonialism: rich countries sitting on surplus vaccines
Last month, 130 countries had yet to administer a single dose of vaccine. Meanwhile the US has enough for three times its population...
read moreNow Is the Time for a Third Reconstruction – Abolishing Jim Crow Once and for All
In 1870, during Reconstruction, Congress adopted the 15th Amendment, outlawed disenfranchisement on the basis of race and created the...
read moreJapanese regulator bans restart at nuclear plant over safety breaches
Fukushima plant operator Tepco suffers blow to plans to resume at its only operable atomic facility Source: Japanese regulator bans...
read moreCaron Nazario saw his uncle, Eric Garner, die in police hands. Windsor, Va., officers assaulted him
Nazario, an Army officer who was pulled over in uniform and pepper-sprayed in Windsor, Va., mourned Garner, who died after being...
read moreTrump-Era Spike in Israeli Settlement Growth Has Only Begun
An aggressive Israeli settlement spree during the Trump era pushed deeper than ever into the occupied West Bank — territory the...
read moreTo Bust Monopoly Power, Start With the Companies Controlling Our Food
Busting the monopoly power of abusive and arrogant food giants is broadly popular—even in Congress. Source: Opinion | To Bust...
read moreBiden Justice Department has refused to disclose certain family separation documents
Attorneys representing separated families have sought these documents as part of their litigation, but had been blocked by the...
read more‘Shame’: Biden to Advance Trump-Era Sale of $23 Billion in F-35s and Armed Drones to UAE
“We have to stop choosing political expediency over human rights,” said Kate Kizer of Win Without War. Source:...
read moreHouse and Senate Democrats Plan Bill to Add Four Justices to Supreme Court
The Constitution allows Congress to set the number of Supreme Court justices. Source: House and Senate Democrats Plan Bill to Add...
read moreStand Up America Celebrates Continued Momentum for D.C. Statehood After H.R. 51 Passes Oversight Committee
After the House Oversight Committee advanced H.R. 51 today, the bill that would ensure statehood for the District of Columbia, Stand...
read moreLeaked calls show ALEC’s secret plan to fight Biden on climate
A new ALEC working group is promoting long-shot tactics like nullification and a constitutional convention. Source: Leaked calls show...
read moreNew Zealand bill would require banks to disclose climate risks, in a world first
New Zealand is set to consider legislation that would require banks, insurers and asset managers to disclose the impacts of climate...
read moreCalifornia is poised for a catastrophic fire season. Experts say its plan isn’t nearly enough
The state has furnished half a billion dollars in emergency funding as drought sets stage for megafires Source: California is poised...
read moreOfficer Kim Potter to be charged with manslaughter in Daunte Wright’s death
Kim Potter, the former police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright outside Minneapolis on Sunday, will be charged with...
read moreAmerica’s criminal legal system is unduly harsh. Experts explain how we got here and solutions that will benefit everyone.
Addressing a range of issues — from policing to prosecution to incarceration to life after prison — the writers highlight...
read moreIntelligence sources say biggest threat to U.S. is actually U.S. Policy
A new “threat assessment” by the US intelligence cartel has named China the number one threat to the United States today, followed by...
read moreThe Progressive Group That Helped Bring Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Congress Is Launching Its First Primary Challenge of 2022
Odessa Kelly, 39, is taking on an incumbent Democrat in Tennessee. She would be the first openly gay Black woman elected to Congress....
read moreAlert: Wisconsin officer cleared over Jacob Blake shooting returns to duty
Officer Rusten Sheskey was not charged in the August 2020 incident that left Jacob Blake Jr paralyzed from the waist down. Sheskey...
read more“We Are Not Here or Funded to ‘Promote the Best Interest’ of the Children,” Wrote the Head of a Program for Brain-Damaged Infants
A Florida program promises support to families of severely brain-damaged infants. Instead, parents have been forced to choose between...
read moreCiting $9 Trillion Cost of Vaccine Inequity, UN Chief Calls for Global Wealth Tax on Pandemic Profiteers
“Advancing an equitable global response and recovery from the pandemic is putting multilateralism to the test. So far, it is a...
read moreAlert: Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Is Designed to Fail
Biden’s recently announced commission to study court reform isn’t designed to offer solutions—it’s designed to be an excuse to do...
read moreIran to enrich uranium to 60% in response to Israeli attack
The announcement comes in response to the explosion at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, for which Iran blames Israel.It will...
read moreOver 25 Years, World’s Wealthiest 5% Behind Over One-Third of Global Emissions Growth: Study
“We have got to cut over-consumption and the best place to start is over-consumption among the polluting elites who contribute...
read moreCountry catching up to Bernie Sanders’ way of thinking
Today it’s clear that on issue after issue, Sanders’ thunder on the left has carried the day among a majority of Americans, including...
read moreGreenpeace Says Japan’s Plan to Contaminate Pacific Ocean With Fukushima Water Would Violate International Law
“The government has taken the wholly unjustified decision to deliberately contaminate the Pacific Ocean with radioactive...
read moreThe risk-reward calculus of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, visualized
What it means to have a one-in-a-million chance of a complication. Source: The risk-reward calculus of the Johnson & Johnson...
read moreAlert: Biden Wants to Spend Even More on Defense than Trump
The president’s plan to hike Pentagon spending draws a rebuke from progressives. Source: Biden Wants to Spend Even More on Defense...
read moreTop WHO Epidemiologist Warns Coronavirus Pandemic ‘Growing Exponentially’ Around the World
“It is the time right now where everyone has to take stock and have a reality check of what we need to be doing.” Source:...
read moreVaccine refusal is going to cost this country billions, and we’ll all end up paying for it
We’re regularly treated to conservatives whining about “entitlements” to those they consider undeserving, be they people of a...
read moreThe way the Supreme Court is using its shadow docket should raise alarm bells.
Although the Supreme Court (like any court) has always had a “shadow docket,” the past few years have seen a dramatic uptick in...
read moreFewer than half of young Americans are positive about capitalism
According to a new poll from Gallup, young Americans are souring on capitalism. Less than half, 45 percent, view capitalism...
read moreThe George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Is the Reform We Need
Police reforms will never work unless accompanied by and embedded in rebuilding and empowering communities. Source: Opinion | The...
read moreVaccine diplomacy: China in the Global South
China’s Sinopharm vaccine is 86 percent effective, slightly less than Pfizer’s and Moderna’s but more than...
read moreUS unions not fazed by Amazon setback and vow to keep up the organizing fight
Labor groups point to progress in a wide range of industries as evidence that workers across America are ready to unionize Source: US...
read moreWhy the Poorest Millionaires Should Stop Worrying About a Wealth Tax
If you don’t have $20 million or sitting around you can just relax. Source: Opinion | Why the Poorest Millionaires Should Stop...
read more9 huge government conspiracies that actually happened
Declassified documents prove them. Source: True Government Conspiracies
read moreWisconsin court win stops purge of 129,000 voters
On Friday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 5-2 to block the removal of 129,000 voters from the rolls. The Justices rejected a...
read moreFormer Australian Leader Accuses Rupert Murdoch And Trump Of Crippling Democracy
Murdoch has created an echo chamber that propelled Trump into the White House, former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said. Source:...
read moreFDA Lifts Curbs on Dispensing Abortion Pills During Pandemic
The FDA concluded that allowing patients to receive abortion pills through the mail will not increase risks. Source: FDA Lifts Curbs...
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