Sanders and Fellow Senators Urge President to End Alaskan Oil Drilling
Bernie Sanders along with 11 fellow senators sent a letter to President Obama urging him to cease Shell’s oil drilling in the Arctic. Because they believe there to be "utter hypocrisy in the current policy."
Capital Punishment? A Dead Policy Walking
Anthony Ray Hinton spent 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, even though there were no eyewitnesses, nor fingerprints. Was he a victim of bias and racism?
Shilling for the Biggest Trade Flim-Flam in History
The Progressive Coalition for American Jobs claims that the global deal “will support hundreds of thousands of new jobs in the U.S.” But Americans aren't stupid—we all know the TPP is another NAFTA corporatizing the people’s democratic rights.
VIDEO: The Four Big Lies About Immigrants—and the Truth
While Donald Trump “opened the floodgates to lies about immigration,” Robert Reich uncovers these myths and explores the truth behind immigration and the government’s comprehensive immigration reform.
Escalating the escalation
A short history of the long war on drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump.
How Rabid Extremists Exiled a 14-Year-Old
Ahmed Mohamed, an all-American boy who built a clock not a time bomb, had a bright future ahead of him in America, until anti-Muslim radicals chased him away. What is with America's rabidly insane conspiracy theories?
No victory day
Dealing with stalemates between Russia and Ukraine, environmentalists and climate change, and COVID and humanity.
No more dog whistles
Isn’t it now time for all of us to reclaim our space—and nation—from Donald Trump?
Connecticut bans utilities from billing customers for lobbying efforts
The new law marks the third comprehensive effort by a state to prevent utilities from using consumers’ monthly bills to fund political efforts.
Two main energy and environment committees in the House hold climate change hearings
"Protecting our environment, taking climate change seriously, and putting the public interest first are not optional on this Committee, and that's what Democrats are going to do every day for the next two years."