Logic for progressives: an interview with Professor Ben Burgis
Ben Burgis, an author and professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, is on a mission to make progressives more effective in confronting the right with good arguments, whether...
Former state senator pleads guilty to bribery
Previously convicted of accepting multiple bribes and falsifying his tax returns, former Arkansas State Senator Jeremy Hutchinson recently pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery. In exchange...
‘We will overcome their greed’: Bernie Sanders releases anti-endorsement list
"I am proud to announce the modern-day oligarchs who oppose our movement."
Monsanto seeks to reverse jury verdict in cancer case they lost
The company also argues that the $2 billion verdict was “unsupported, excessive and unconstitutional.”
23 Governors join together with California to oppose Trump’s fuel efficiency freeze
Governors from 24 U.S. states are standing together and backing California officials who are asking the Trump administration to put the brakes...
America’s real divide isn’t left vs. right. It’s democracy vs. oligarchy.
I keep hearing that the Democratic party has moved “left” and that some Democratic candidates may be “too far left”.
Lawmakers in U.S. Virgin Islands ban sunscreens that harm coral reefs
“Oxybenzone, octinoxate and octocrylene devastate coral and marine life and are also known carcinogenic and hormone disruptors in humans.”
Trump reverses water bottle ban in national parks
The 2011 “Water Bottle Ban” gave national parks the allowance to prohibit the sale of plastic water bottles, which helped reduce park...
Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders introduce resolution declaring the climate crisis a national emergency
“Today we stand in solidarity with tens of millions of people from around the world in calling for a mass mobilization of our social and economic resources."
The man who helped Jeffrey Epstein secure a plea deal is now responsible for...
US Secretary of labor Alex Acosta oversaw a 'sweetheart deal' for the convicted sex offender.