Gov. Cuomo announces legalization of marijuana with proposed adult-use cannabis program
It's no longer a question of whether New York will legalize marijuana, its how to go about the legalization. Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
$740 Billion Pentagon Bill receives all but six Democrat votes in Senate
“The United States government should be responding to the needs, to the desperation, of families in our country at this time.”
UK judge denies US request to extradite Assange
“I find that the mental condition of Mr. Assange is such that it would be oppressive to extradite him to the United States of America.”
Defeating McConnell: The real stakes of the Georgia runoffs
Mitch McConnell cares about only one thing: Power.
Bernie releases statement on GOP blocking $2,000 stimulus checks
“At a time when so many Americans are facing economic desperation, it is tragic that the Republican leadership has turned their backs on the working families of this country."
Will Trump’s mania to slice and dice the right help or hurt the progressive...
Whatever the Georgia results, progressives still need more non-stop, grassroots consciousness-raising and many more elected lawmakers everywhere.
81 senators vote to override Trump veto of NDAA as GOP continues to block...
It is the first veto override of Trump's presidency.
Biden/Harris and the progressive case against a ‘return to normal’
Come January 20th, the American left will need to be ready to fight for a seat at the table in an incoming administration that seems less and less inclined to woo them the closer he gets to taking office.
Federal judge blocks voter purge of 4,000 Georgia voters
National Democratic Party attorney Marc Elias called this move a “blow to GOP voter suppression.”
California legislature introduces bill for cops to hold bachelor’s degrees to join police force
"This could be the beginning of changing the entire way that policing is done on the front end. Then we can let the bad cops retire on the back end.”