House Republicans stymie Senate plan to pass War Powers resolution
"Speaker Ryan is not allowing a vote on my resolution to stop the war in Yemen because many Republicans will vote with us and he will lose the vote."
Big money’s war on the Build Back Better plan
The administration’s jobs and infrastructure package is very popular, but corporate lobbyists are fighting it tooth and nail.
Movements are vying for political power — is ‘co-governance’ the answer?
As the left increasingly focuses on electoral politics, a new framework is emerging for how candidates who win should partner with social movements.
Welcome to 1984
It is time for change. To make this change, a political revolution needs to take a place.
Tobacco industry donates millions to try and defeat Medicaid expansion in Montana
"Voters in Montana have a simple choice: side with companies that kill or with Montanans who need access to healthcare.”
Some early lessons from the war in Ukraine
"We will not give up, and we will not lose. We will fight till the end — at sea, in the air, we will continue fighting for our land whatever the cost. We will fight in the forests, in the fields, on the shores, in the streets."
In a historic vote, Senate passes War Powers Resolution to end support of Saudi-led...
“This is historic. For the first time in 45 years, Congress is one step closer to withdrawing U.S. forces from an unauthorized war.”
Grassroots Democracy-Building in Iowa
Democracy is never a given—it has to be won through constant struggle against the elites. But one coalition called Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement is uniting and empowering people to push back against big-money corporations.
A Crisis of Public Morality, Not Private Morality
Corporations and wealthy individuals are allowed to undermine our democracy, which is causing America to experience a far more significant crisis in public morality. While public morality can’t be legislated, it can be encouraged.
Neoliberalism, Russian interference and Mexico’s upcoming election
After almost 25 years of austerity and failed neoliberal policies, the gap between the majority of Mexicans and the country’s obscenely wealthy elite has only widened.