Senate Democrats should block all Trump Supreme Court nominee
Republicans did not let Garland Merrick come up for a vote. Why should Democrats allow someone else to?
Biden’s cease-fire effort clashes with Gaza’s rising death toll
The immediate focus remains on achieving a cease-fire to halt the loss of life and address the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Would Donald tax a fellow Trump?
If Trump is serious about penalizing companies that offshore jobs, he should start with his daughter's.
This progressive New Mexican could become the first Native-American woman in congress
Deb Haaland is running on a platform of Medicare-for-all, marijuana decriminalization, and renewable energy.
The public’s viewpoint: Regulations are protections
When you hear Regulations are Protections for the Public, think of the details and the consequences. Go beyond the words. Act positively.
McCain slams Trump’s attacks on media
McCain warns citizens to remember history and understand the intertwined connections between leaders and efforts to limit the media.
Where Trump sees foreign danger
For Trump, it’s immigrants and imports. He doesn’t care much about interference in our democracy.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 16, 2018
Intellectually bankrupt GOP, California cities pledge to oppose offshore drilling, White House revokes security clearance of ex-CIA director, and more.
Yes, George W Bush Bears Some Responsibility for US Vulnerability on 9/11 (Video)
While George W. Bush loyalists’ refrain that he “kept us safe,” the Bush administration could have done more to forestall 9/11. Did the Bush gang cynically use 9/11 to take America to war on false pretenses?
Biden’s appeasement of hawks and neocons is crippling his diplomacy
We hope he and his advisers are not too blinded by anachronistic imperial thinking or too intimidated by the neocons to make a fresh start and engage with the world as it actually exists in 2021.