ACLU: Trump’s anti-trans ban has no military justification, is driven by animus & discrimination
We speak to Chase Strangio, staff attorney at the ACLU, which is challenging the Trump administration’s ban on service members who are transgender.
Snowden Docs: NSA Technology Lets Gov’t Generate Transcripts of Private Phone Calls
According to documents released by whistleblower Edward Snowden, it's confirmed that the National Security Agency is converting people’s private phone conversations into searchable text. But isn' this a violation of American's human rights?
Supreme court sides with giant corporations Nestle and Cargill saying they cannot be sued...
“We’re celebrating ‘the end of slavery’ but American companies are still profiting off of slave labor.”
America’s accountability problem
Is anyone responsible anymore?
Knee-jerk Nullification: Impeachment Lite
There is far more self-evident misconduct to censure 47 GOP senators than even this regressive House would dare place at Obama's door. Like patriotism for Mark Twain, this cowardly war of party nullification is the last refuse of scoundrels.
Romanian prime minister is staying at Trump’s DC hotel
The stay is the latest example of Trump’s company doing business with foreign officials. Two attorneys general have sued Trump over the issue, accusing him of violating the Constitution.
The World Bank’s deregulation guide goes down in flames—18 years too late
A pay for play data manipulation scandal spelled the end of the ideologically driven 'Doing Business' report.
In Syria, Rebels From East Aleppo Strike Hospital in Government-Held West Aleppo (Video)
You see headlines talking about the humanitarian disaster in the city, but it is hard to know what those headlines are talking about.
The federal poverty line struggles to capture the economic hardship that half of Americans...
You can’t work your way out of poverty in low-wage jobs.
In the latest round of budgetary chess, Progressive caucus leader Jayapal played a shrewd...
The Seattle Democrat has been willing to take the heat to secure a down payment on an agenda for economic equity and sustainability.