Pressure is on: Activists push Congress extra hard to support new legislation that will...
"Now we need to push lawmakers extra hard to support the new legislation before the lobbyists get to them."
How to prepare for the Trump recession
A recession is inevitable at this point. Here are 3 things we can do to prepare.
Whether Sauds, in Effect, Own the U.S. Government
“A dollar paid by a member of the Saudi royal family (or any other foreigner) smells just as sweet to a U.S. Government official as does a dollar paid by an American, especially in the current era of untraceable offshore accounts.”
Trump Economic Adviser “Pushing” for Climate Denier and Fossil Fuel Apologist to Head EPA
If Trump wins in November, will his climate and energy team wipe out any U.S. progress on the ever-worsening global climate crisis?
Greg Gianforte agrees to plead guilty for body-slamming reporter
Despite the fact that Gianforte assaulted a reporter, the congressional candidate defeated his Democratic opponent by more than 20,000 votes.
The Bolton administration has already begun
The hard-right national security adviser successfully tanked the Iran deal. His next target? The North Korea talks.
GOP Tickles the Dragon’s Tail
After years of flirting with America’s right wing and egging on a growing rage, the GOP establishment is "shocked" by Trump's success -- and scrambling to save face.
‘Establishment wins’ are bad for Democrats – and the country
Even if they take back the presidency in 2020, the Democratic establishment’s ideas will once again fail to meet the great challenges of our time, politically or as policy.
Senators unveil landmark bill to ban junk food ads aimed at kids amid rising...
Senators Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, and Peter Welch propose the Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act, targeting junk food advertisements to combat the escalating diabetes and obesity epidemic among children.
Why we need to ban college legacy admissions
A big reason rich kids have such an advantage is so-called “legacy admissions”—the preference elite schools give to family members of alumni.