Baltimore cop suspended for planting evidence on video
Within the past six years, the city of Baltimore has paid more than $13 million to settle lawsuits alleging police misconduct.
Biden condemns ICC bid to arrest Israeli leaders, sparking global outcry
A panel of ICC judges will determine whether to issue arrest warrants for any of the suspects. President Biden criticized the ICC’s actions as “outrageous.”
Israel bombs Gaza shelter amid polio vaccination efforts: A humanitarian crisis worsens
As Israel continues its military operations in Gaza, a deadly attack on a school-turned-shelter coincides with urgent vaccination efforts to prevent a polio outbreak, highlighting the escalating humanitarian crisis.
A message to PBS: Televise the Trump impeachment hearings for all to see
Why we took out that ad in The New York Times.
Advice for Divided Democrats
Many Hillary supporters don’t want Bernie to keep campaigning, and many Bernie supporters don’t want to root for Hillary if she gets the nomination.
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Fourth of July
The long-imprisoned revolutionary and author, who disdains the current political theater, says the broken, racist American system "has to be torn up, root and branch," to halt the war waged on the poor by the corporate state.
Forget Polls, Transient Gaffes, Health-gate or Gaseous Sputters — Laurels Go to the Best-run,...
About government I doubt Trump knows what he doesn’t know or even what he believes in, if anything. If it becomes clear that Trump doesn’t know what he doesn’t know, how will undecideds begin to imagine his presidency? That double negative leaves Trumpism high and dry. The Trump circus could well achieve what few observers thought possible: make Hillary Clinton appear more trustworthy, if not presidential. Trump craziness, augmented by serial campaign malpractice, has managed to spotlight a suspect, compromised Democrat as more acceptable than she deserves On such matters elections are decided.
The Lady and the Trump Impressions on the 1st Presidential Debate
Maybe the lesson that should be taken from this debate is that if these two deeply flawed candidates were really the best the two party system could muster, it’s about time the American left started building better options.
Trump’s White House hiding Kavanaugh documents should be a much bigger scandal
This is a complete break from tradition and should be a national scandal. And yet, media coverage does not reflect that reality.
2016: A year in photos, from climate change devastation to the power of protests
The year ended with the election of a president and vice president who don't embrace the scientific consensus that climate change is real and caused by humans.