Time for Congress to Stop Hollering at CEOs and Take Action
Congress should give the Justice Department and regulatory agencies enough funding to do their jobs. While they’re at it, break up the biggest banks. And regulate drug prices directly.
World’s glaciers at serious risk from climate crisis
“Significant loss of glaciers means that we are not only witnessing a change in landscape or a loss of natural resources, it means that we are actively complicit in robbing the future from our children.”
Police officers charged with battery after beating handcuffed man on video
Although the officers received reprimands for the incident five months ago, they were not charged until the video became public.
Thoughts and prayers are not enough
Because it will take more than a shrug and a smile to keep white nationalists with unlimited access to firearms from taking more lives.
Judge says DOJ threats to California election staff should stop
The department asked the court to halt the count of about 20,000 mail ballots; California called its legal theory a stretch.
Corrupt Congressman Resigns in Disgrace
U.S. Congressman Michael Grimm is resigning before Congress convenes for the new year after pleading guilty to a felony tax evasion charge and after admitting to lying under oath.
Exxon’s Weapons of Mass Confusion on Climate Change
The real power, and our great hope, is in the People's rebellion: marches, civil disobedience, trainings, teach-ins and other actions to pressure leaders to put people and the planet over corporate profiteering.
Dear Joe
The time has come for a coalition, and that means being open, and honest, and doing the best for the country. So do it.
California Gov. Jerry Brown is backing a climate bill full of giveaways to polluters
Regulators say the measure would make it impossible to meet the state’s greenhouse gas reduction targets by 2030.
The Case for Superdelegates Selecting Sanders
It’s time to bring the newly energized electorate to the polls and to see the powerful vision of superdelegates come to fruition.