DNC chair Tom Perez, the Democratic Party’s grim metaphor
Sometimes a party’s leader seems to symbolize an enduring malaise.
Electric utility executives pony up for the GOP roll back of environmental protections
Utilities that perceive the spread of rooftop solar as a threat to their business model just landed a key ally in the Department of Energy.
The new poll tax
These state laws are another form of voter suppression – like gerrymandering, voter ID requirements, and bars on anyone with felony convictions from voting.
Victory! Australia Bans Cosmetic Animal Testing Nationwide
Starting July 2017, Australia will ban cosmetics which have been tested on animals as well as any products containing ingredients that have been tested on animals.
Mike Johnson’s war on the vulnerable: proposed trillions in cuts to Social Security and...
Stripping the safety net: how GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson's draconian proposals to cut Social Security and Medicare betray America's most vulnerable.
Court reaffirms Keystone XL’s non-pipeline construction permit invalid, again
“Constructing pipelines through rivers, streams and wetlands without analyzing the impacts on imperiled species is unconscionable."
‘Tis the nightmare before chaos
When rational essays struggle to capture all the madness, what other choice for writers but satiric sadness?
At the GOP Convention, the Media Went AWOL
Almost no one in the press even acknowledged that regardless of how you feel about Donald Trump, the spectacle was crazy.
Denouncing misleading attacks and lack of ‘fact-based analysis,’ Sanders campaign fires back at MSNBC
Sen. Bernie Sanders has never been shy about criticizing MSNBC, but the senator's 2020 Democratic presidential campaign is becoming increasingly vocal in calling out...
George W. Bush was a disaster — Only Trump looks worse by comparison
Bush’s reputation should have suffered a nose-dive after he left office. There’s only one reason his standing has improved: Trump.