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.”
New York lawmakers ban evictions until May
“This bill is only a temporary solution to the urgent housing crisis we find ourselves in.”
Neera Tanden and Antony Blinken personify the ‘moderate’ rot at the top of the...
Wishful thinking aside, on vital issue after vital issue, it’s foreseeable that Biden will not do the right thing unless movements can organize effectively enough to make them do it.
Student debt pushes to the front of Biden’s agenda
The debate over loan forgiveness is raging between parties and within them.
“Blackwater’s youngest victim”: 9-year-old Ali Kinani was among victims of Trump’s pardoned killers
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said the decision violates, quote, “the values of justice, human rights and rule of law” and, quote, “ignores the dignity of the victims,” unquote.
Year-end insights galore, but what will we, can we learn from calamity?
On display: full combat between the forces of ignorance, bigotry, deception and propaganda vs. knowledge, understanding, wisdom and besieged aspirations of justice and equality.
Trump issues pardons to former cronies and Kushner’s father
President Donald Trump issued another round of pardons, including Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, and his son-in-law’s father.
The troubling rise of vaccine nationalism
“No one should be blocked from getting a life-saving vaccine because of the country they live in or the amount of money in their pocket."
Trump’s vilest legacy
Trump has brought impunity to the highest office in the land, wielding a wrecking ball to the most precious windowpane of all—American democracy.