18 Attorneys General call for recusal of Sessions’ replacement from Russia probe
“By all appearances, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has ably supervised the Special Counsel’s investigation from its outset. He should continue to do so."
Peace Congress replaces Trump military parade on November 10 in Washington, DC
End U.S. wars at home and abroad. Reclaim Armistice Day.
Any Democrat who takes fossil fuel money should face a primary challenge in 2020
The fossil fuel industry’s campaign contributions are a threat to democracy.
‘You ask a lot of stupid questions’: Latest attack on free press as Trump...
Smearing one reporter as a "loser," the president said he might revoke the credentials of more journalists.
“We are still here”: Native Americans win a voice in government
In light of important midterm election wins, two Native journalists revisit the influence of Indigenous peoples on democracy through the ages.
After massacre in California bar, will a Democrat-controlled House take action on gun control?
The dead include 27-year-old Telemachus Orfanos, who survived the deadly Las Vegas massacre at a country music festival last year, only to be gunned down Wednesday night.
Dark Money paid new Trump Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s salary for 3 years
“In other words, an organization ‘dedicated to promoting accountability, ethics, and transparency’ gets 100 percent of its funds from a group that exists mainly as a vehicle for donors to elude transparency.”
Flipping the House is nice, but the real power is local
The more relevant political battle lines will continue to shift to our states and cities, where the real struggle for power lies.
Midwest midterms hold keys to victory in 2020
“Democrats in these states ran on health care, education, and other bread-and-butter issues."
Not a blue wave, but perhaps a foreshock of the big blue one coming
We’ve got an interesting next two years ahead of us.