Presidential primaries: What you need to know
Here’s a quick primer on the upcoming primaries, containing the most important things you need to know based on the most frequently asked questions.
Illinois lawmakers introduce energy bill with controversial coal supports
“We need to think long and hard, this legislature, about why we need to rush ahead.”
Enough with the goddamned secrets! Open up the government Joe!
Don’t share secrets with Trump, share them with the people...
Steve Bannon misreports $2 million debt in financial disclosure
Top Trump adviser to amend filing after Center for Public Integrity questions.
The U.S. Senate is a global problem
The acquittal of Trump was bad, but the Senate's approach to foreign affairs over the years has been even worse.
Nuclear disarmament should be a top 2020 campaign issue but is being ignored
With none of the major presidential candidates raising this kind of nuclear disarmament program, it is up to the US peace movement and Green Party candidates up and down the ticket to inject these demands into the 2020 elections.
Joe Biden could have gone a lot further on student loans
The president’s loan forgiveness plan is narrow and paltry—and his administration’s preparation to fend off outraged criticism from both sides of the aisle speaks volumes.
Musk, Trump, and the second Gilded Age
Will their audacity and excesses usher in a second progressive era?
Progressive message to Joe Biden: Don’t you dare “cooperate” with Mitch McConnell
If Joe Biden is willing to toss aside the progressive base of his own party in order to cooperate with the likes of Mitch McConnell, the new president will be starting a fierce civil war inside his own party.
‘Nail in the Coffin’: Obama to Halt New Coal Mining Leases on Public Lands
"The only safe place for coal in the 21st century is deep underground—these reforms will help keep more of it there."