Thursday, July 23, 2026

California’s left swing is very good news for progressives nationwide

Tuesday’s primaries show that from universal healthcare to early childhood education and taxing the wealthy, progressives are winning the battle of ideas in the Democratic Party.

Democracy is flatlining around the globe. A second Trump term would finish the job

The results of November’s election will have a rippling effect for years to come, if not decades.

Omnicide Joe?

Whether heralded or reviled, Biden’s supposed restraint during the Ukraine war has steadily faded, with more and more dangerous escalation in its place.

Farmers need a $12 billion bailout from government to offset Trump’s tariffs

The retaliated tariffs on U.S. agriculture exports targets many farm states that have a political importance to the president.

Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court: 7 questions answered

Alexis Karteron, director of the Constitutional Rights Clinic at Rutgers University Law School, gives her impressions of the nomination.

Oil and gas inundated Facebook with election season ads after Biden released climate plan

ExxonMobil and the American Petroleum Institute were top spenders in a $9.6 million election-year fossil fuel marketing blitz targeting U.S. Facebook users.

Charles Barkley’s wise words to Democrats on Alabama

"This is a wake-up call for Democrats."

Progressive Briefing for Thursday, September 27

The 7 senators who will decide Kavanaugh’s fate, more police violence, a declaration from the third Kavanaugh accuser, and more.

Numbers to Know About the 2016 Presidential Race

New financial filings related to the 2016 election are filled with curiosities and surprises. Candidates and their allied groups have collectively spent more than $700 million so far competing in the 2016 White House race.

It can‘t happen here?

This Neo-Con globalization has destroyed what the politicians from both empire political parties like to label ‘The Middle Class.’