Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Proposed GOP bill would ban abortions at federal level

"Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act" would leave state bans that are more restrictive in place, but outlaw state bans that allowed abortions after 15 weeks.

Organizing a key battleground state with New Georgia Project Action Fund

Right now, NGP is one of the most important grassroots voting-rights organizations — in one of the most important battleground states.

Fascism: hello, goodbye

Italy just elected a far-right leader. Is this the beginning of a resurgence of fascism, or the beginning of the end?

‘Enough is enough’: top Senate Democrat vows to block all future arms sales to...

"The United States must immediately freeze all aspects of our cooperation with Saudi Arabia," said Sen. Bob Menendez, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Russia bombs Kyiv and other major cities in massive attack on Ukraine

The assault was seen as retaliation for a deadly blast that damaged a key bridge linking Russia with Crimea, an explosion that Russian President Vladimir Putin called an "act of terrorism" by Ukraine.

President Biden issues executive order pardoning federal offenses of simple marijuana possession

The executive order will "pardon more than 6,500 individuals convicted of the offense and thousands more through pardons under Washington D.C. law."

What you don’t have and why

How might the United States be different today if, a century ago, the leadership of this country had not acted both so ruthlessly and in such an eerily Trumpian way?

Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian: Optimism of the will

Three of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Choosing life in a pro-violence society

Post-Dobbs abortion access for military dependents is in question.

Prospects for a republic beset with disunity 

A republic needs endless work/ Or insurgent forces go berserk.