Politics

Now that Democrats have won control of one house of Congress, we are already starting to see how flawed and disingenuous a bunch of people they really are. It’s not a pretty sight.

Former House Speaker, Dennis Hastert plead guilty on Wednesday to concealing $1.7 million in blackmail payments. In exchange for his guilty plea, federal prosecutors agreed to drop the second count—making false statements to the FBI.

This Wednesday, cooks and cashiers at Morehead State University (MSU) will vote to unionize in order to bargain for a liveable wage. The workers are employed by Aramark, whose top executive makes 1,817 times more per year than their average worker.

The American Federation of Government Employees, or AFGE, says it’s illegal for federal workers to be forced to work without pay.

The party’s “rigged” addiction to sabotaging a legitimate election is itself “stealing” away its own leverage.

After being accused of discussing classified documents on North Korea with a Fox News reporter, Stephen Kim was sentenced to 13 months in prison for violating the Espionage Act. Peter Maass, award-winning investigative journalist, discusses the case on Democracy Now.

“This bill calls a halt to the Administration’s headlong rush to sell off this special wilderness to corporate polluters."

It doesn’t matter if he personally wins or not, so long as his platform – and particularly Medicare for All – is victorious.

New poll results show the Vermont senator gaining on the former first lady and, in some states, even overtaking her. And it’s happening fast.

Why is the far right jumping on the anti-vaccination bandwagon?