Senator tackled and cuffed at DHS press event in LA as Trump-era immigration crackdown...
Sen. Alex Padilla was violently removed and handcuffed while attempting to question DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, drawing widespread condemnation and fueling fears of growing authoritarianism.
Warnock hails start of Medicare’s $35 insulin copay cap that ‘will save lives’
"The new $35 copay cap for my insulin will ensure I can afford my insulin for as long as I need it."
Offshore oil well leaked for months, public kept in dark for a year
“There's absolutely no justification for continuing to keep the company involved or the location of the oil spill a secret.”
No fairy tale
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the Grimms' fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. Terrified by cruel conditions at home, the brother and sister...
Can Dems flee corporate, status quo shackles, then press reforms that address systemic wreckage?
Why did the Harris team think “more of the same” would win this year? Now truly, and not in a good way, anyone can be president – character, morality, competence and respect for the law be damned.
Ecuadorians reject referendum to host foreign military bases
The measure, which Ecuadorian voters overwhelmingly rejected, was part of a constitutional reform proposed by President Daniel Noboa.
Turning churches into super PACs
A bogus campaign for "religious freedom" could create unholy temples of dark money.
Trying to explain the disdain for poor Americans
The costly and dysfunctional state of health care in the U.S. shows the absurdity of entrusting basic human needs to the narcissistic tendencies of capitalism.
Inherit the hypocrisy
Look how far we have actually fallen as a nation, as a culture for that matter.
The eclipse of progressivism and the transatlantic return to the center
For the time being, the left and the movements powering it must organize online, support the struggles of low wage workers suddenly deemed ‘essential’ after being dismissed as unimportant for so many years and prepare for the struggles ahead.