Thomas’ Citizens United vote enabled billionaire benefactor to boost political power
"The Crows' influence-buying and political spending are emblematic of a larger problem: the ongoing attempt by billionaires to purchase our democracy."
From Drone Strikes to Black Sites, How US Foreign Policy Runs Under a Cloak...
For years, the U.S. did not even publicly acknowledge the existence of the drone strikes. This, among other foreign policy issues, brings about the debate over our national security and secrecy.
Judge rejects NRA’s bankruptcy bid, allowing New York’s lawsuit against the gun group to...
The bankruptcy case exposed weaknesses within the NRA’s internal management structure as well as its strategy to avoid legal exposure.
Trump order shifts the financial burden of climate change onto individuals
One of President Donald Trump’s most damaging strikes at the foundation of U.S. climate policy is buried deep in a sweeping Inauguration...
Oregon Governor Kate Brown pushes expanding vote-by-mail to counter GOP voter suppression efforts
Oregon was the first state in the country to institute voting by mail and to establish automatic voter registration in an effort to “ensure access to this very fundamental right.”
Senators press Social Security chief over plan to cut field office visits in half
Internal agency documents and a Senate letter raise concerns that a sharp reduction in in-person services could function as a backdoor cut to benefits for millions of Americans.
What the Trump budget says about the administration’s health priorities
With defense spending largely untouchable, health programs and other social support systems will likely bear the brunt.
Trump’s energy secretary denies freezing federal funding, asks, ‘what does frozen mean’?
It’s not clear whether some projects will be entirely scrapped by the new administration—and if so, what criteria the DOE plans to use as it decides which projects should survive.
Activists decry Biden’s ‘reckless’ resumption of fossil fuel leases on public lands
"Biden is choosing to stand with polluters over people at the expense of frontline communities and the future of the planet."
‘Lesser Evil’ Fallacy Upended by Obama, Now Sanders
President Obama has proved what happens when a seemingly once-a-generation chance for reform is sabotaged. Now Bernie Sanders, with a cleaner, more progressive record, is grabbing the reform baton. But will he succeed?