Sunday, May 19, 2024

Sanders blasts Senate’s ‘strange priorities’ as it advances corporate welfare

"We can't extend the child tax credit to combat child poverty," said the Vermont senator. "But somehow, we can provide a massive amount of corporate welfare to a handful of corporations."

Biden administration grants Temporary Protected Status to Venezuelan migrants

More than 400,000 Venezuelan migrants already in the United States.will be eligible for the protected status and also eligible to work.

‘Clean energy is moving fast’: Investments in renewables will overtake fossil fuels for the...

The global energy crisis that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as the growing affordability of renewables, has given rise to more sustainable alternatives.

The enduring limits of American power

The decline of U.S. power isn’t a problem; it is a call to global action.

16 Democrats join GOP to pass controversial Israel Security Assistance Support Act

In a surprising bipartisan move, 16 Democrats break ranks to support a GOP-led bill compelling U.S. military aid to Israel, despite President Biden’s veto threat and significant human rights concerns.

Nations to sign groundbreaking Arctic Ocean fishing ban

Signatories include the U.S., Canada, Denmark (for Greenland and the Faroe Islands), Norway, Russia, China, Iceland, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the European Union.

Rural America needs Medicare for All now

Only a system that puts the well-being of all people above enriching a few will deliver the care we need, where and when we need it, and keep our rural communities alive and vibrant.

NRA and Wayne LaPierre found guilty in corruption case: A blow to gun rights...

A Manhattan jury delivers a seismic verdict, finding Wayne LaPierre and the NRA guilty of corruption, shaking the foundations of America's gun rights stronghold.

Profiteering off the pandemic

Big corporations and major investors are doing fine. Billionaires are doing better than ever. But most Americans are sinking fast.

Oregon again a battlefield for fracked gas pipeline and Jordan Cove LNG terminal

“The bottom line is we want to stop the project, so whatever tools are available to do that — so I’m not ruling out anything.”