The right-wing attack on Medicare for All
The campaign of lies continues.
Death, sexual violence and human trafficking: Fallout from US aid withdrawal hits the world’s...
Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while undermining anti-terrorism initiatives.
Former LA County Sheriff faces 3yrs in prison after losing appeal
On Wednesday, a three-judge panel from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided Lee Baca’s rights had not been violated during his trial – the appeals panel determined that the trial was fair and the conviction legally sound.
Making the Economy Work for the Many and Not the Few #10: End Mass...
The way our country imprisons a staggering number of our people is wrong. Instead of mass incarceration, we need to stop wasting human talent and start opening doors to opportunity.
‘An unstoppable force’: wind and solar to produce more than a third of global...
“The benefit of rapid renewable deployment is greater energy security and independence, plus long-term energy price deflation because this is a manufactured technology — the more you install the cheaper it gets.”
Medicine residue is everywhere in our rivers and lakes—and fish are behaving strangely
"If people understand that what they’re using and washing down their drains are ending up at their local rivers, streams, lakes, they might think twice. It doesn’t just go away.”
Police release audio recording of woman drowning during 911 call
“I understand that listening to a person going through the panic that Ms. Stevens was in those final moments of her life, we would all hope that we would get a little bit better response than perhaps she was given."
Bernie Sanders on Colbert Explains Why He Still Has a Chance
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders performs a sketch alongside Colbert and talks delegate math.
Best antidote to GOP-Trumpery: ‘Make America happy, again’
“Make America Great Again” is fast becoming the most infamous, ironic, fake promise ever made – as misery abounds. Trump showed that fear-mongering fixations work short-term; let’s try happiness-mongering.
Appeals court: Trump’s third attempt at travel ban is illegal
The president failed to make a "legally sufficient" finding that entry of those he wants to bar from entering the US would be “detrimental to the interests of the United States.”