Friday, April 19, 2024

Mississippi passes bill to legalize death by firing squad as lethal injection comes under...

Of the 33 states with the death penalty, only Oklahoma and Utah allow for execution by firing squad.

These kids will see Trump in court

Twenty-one kids and climate scientist James Hansen were suing the Obama administration to take more aggressive action on climate. Now, the climate-change-denying 45th president has inherited the case.
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Progressives must challenge extreme gerrymandering by the GOP

Because of the extent of gerrymandering already institutionalized, it is very unlikely that Democrats can improve their position dramatically in 2018.

Ten points for Democracy activists

Take the viewpoint of the public good, not corporate profiteering.
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What do we know about Neil Gorsuch?

Meet Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee in more detail.

Protest is working and growing

Early in the Trump era, protest is working and the potential ahead is for an even larger resistance movement.

3 reasons Trump’s EPA pick can’t be trusted with climate science

This is why the man chosen to lead this agency needs to manage science responsibly so it can do its job.

Emperor Trump? The case for impeachment

Mr. Trump’s failure to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution is cause enough for impeachment.

Mock candidate, then so-called president, now real cult leader of the chaos clan

What makes Trump dangerous is how well he leveraged his celebrity cult of personality into a potent political cult of personality. That’s why he reduces all of politics to person-to-person relationships with leaders, as with Putin.

Veterans return to Standing Rock to act as human shields against police

This is a clear sign that the fight between water protectors and law enforcement is far from over.