U.S. Senate passes resolution condemning pro-Palestinian campus activism amidst escalating speech suppression
Amidst rising tensions and a national debate, voices on U.S. campuses and workplaces face severe backlash for speaking out on the Israel-Gaza conflict, raising pivotal questions about free speech and the price of political expression in America.
When it comes to the truth of opinion columns, it’s reader beware
Normally, there is at least the assumption, among professional journalists and readers alike, that the opinion pieces are held to some basic standard of factual accuracy.
Establishment Democrats lack the will to fight the GOP tax plan. It’s time for...
To fend off the Republicans’ one-sided class war, we must break the corporate hold on the Democratic Party.
Dutch court of appeals upheld aggressive greenhouse gas emissions reduction, puts government on notice
"The court of appeal's decision puts all governments on notice. They must act now, or they will be held to account."
This 16-year old is taking the school climate strike to the US Capitol
May 24 is the second global “Fridays for Future” strike modeled after climate activist Greta Thunberg’s weekly demonstrations outside the Swedish parliament building.
Trump administration buys up nearly all the world’s supply of coronavirus drug remdesivir
Remdesivir was the first drug to be approved by U.S. licensing authorities to treat the new coronavirus.
Conservationists sound alarm on plummeting giraffe numbers
This is just the beginning of a giraffe recovery.
The other America
The new politics of the poor in Joe Biden’s (and Mitch McConnell’s) U.S.A...
A Democratic spring: 12 left challengers taking on the party establishment in 2018
The scattering of challenges to the Democratic establishment after Bernie Sanders’ run has become a tidal wave.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, October 11
Bernie slams Trump’s Op-Ed and calls him a liar, Republican official caught purging tens of thousands of black voters, Monsanto seeks to undo $289M Roundup verdict, and more.