Former Manafort associate pleads guilty to acting as an unregistered foreign agent
Patten’s case was initially under investigation by the Special Counsel’s Office before being referred over to the Justice Department.
Why are Greg Palast and Jesse Jackson suing Kris Kobach?
Even Jesse Jackson has joined us. Will You?
Just hours after ordering pay cut for millions of public workers, Trump proposes $100...
"Trump himself has pocketed millions over the years grifting off of taxpayers, but now he wants to make it harder for workers to get ahead."
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 31
Corporate profits reach new heights, Trump cancels pay raise for federal workers, Canada rescinds Trans Mountain pipeline approval, and more.
Trump announces plan to cancel pay raises for civilian workers across the federal government
"Congress can and must stand up to the President and reject this assault on our federal workers by passing the 1.9 percent pay raise that the Senate approved on August 1.”
From the grassroots to the ballot box: How gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum won in...
On the campaign trail, Gillum called for Medicare for all, abolishing ICE, reforming the criminal justice system, repealing Florida’s “stand your ground” law and increasing corporate taxes.
What Trump means by the ‘deep state’
Sure, federal agencies have acted illegally – when the president tells them to. Trump's war on the "Deep State" is entirely about impunity for himself.
As epic losses mount, Trump’s one ‘win’ spurs the ultimate boomerang
The good news/bad news is that Trump is no better at criminality (or hiding secrets or deflecting retribution) than he is at being a mock, TV-celebrity president.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 30
Vietnam demands compensation from Monsanto for victims of Agent Orange, California on brink of mandating 100 percent clean energy by 2045, Sanders vs. Amazon intensifies, and more.
It’s time for progressives to raise their game
The progressive populist insurgency in the Democratic Party has tasted frequent victories this primary season: for our struggle has only begun.