Michael Moore: ‘Do Not Send Us Bottles of Water. Instead, Join Us in a...
If you want to help Flint, sign the petition, demand that the federal government take action and then get involved yourself, wherever you live, so that this doesn’t happen to you—and so that the people we elect know they can no longer break the law as they rule by fiat or indifference.
Bernie Sanders Questions Staggering Price of Cancer Drug
“Members of Congress can no longer allow the drug companies to charge our people the highest prices in the world. We have to make a stand.”
American campuses erupt in protests over Gaza, drawing harsh police response and national outrage
As students across the U.S. demand university divestment and an end to military aid for Israel, aggressive crackdowns raise alarms about civil liberties.
Hurricane Harvey must prompt clarity, anger and action
We must realize we are no longer powerless to understand the world’s greatest challenge, but empowered to tackle it.
What student protests tell us about America under Trump
They’re telling us it’s time for bold stands, not wait-and-see equivocations in the face of rising hatred and discrimination in the nation.
‘Happy Labor Day everyone!’: Millions lose unemployment aid on worker holiday
The loss of federal unemployment assistance at this moment "will be a double whammy of hardship" for the unemployed and their families.
How union workers are fighting to save America’s beleaguered health care system
Health care workers who battled COVID-19 are fighting for the safe staffing levels needed to protect their communities on a daily basis and prevent the already-fragile care system from collapsing in the next pandemic.
100 years ago, black people marched down 5th Avenue to declare that black lives...
The “Silent Protest Parade” was the first mass demonstration of its kind and marked a pivotal moment in civil rights history.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Farmers need a $12 billion bailout to offset Trump's tariffs, Ivanka Trump dumps fashion brand, new emails show the lies of Sarah Sanders, and more.
Remembering Stonewall: On 50th anniversary, leaders of uprising look back on sparking the LGBTQ...
Fifty years ago today, just after midnight, at 1:30 in the morning on June 28, 1969, New York City police officers raided...









