Voters Can Now Weigh In On Citizens United
California voters will be able to vote for overturning Citizens United.
Chicago elects mayor with new progressive vision for city
"Chicago elected a new mayor out of a desire for bold and progressive ideas, and a commitment to building a more fair, just, and equitable city."
Giuliani’s a slimeball but bribing Maduro to quit office was less evil than Bolton’s...
The latest Trump administration news is a Washington Post article
reporting that Trump’s “personal lawyer” Rudy Giuliani, was working a
private “back...
Bernie takes it to the road
It doesn’t matter if he personally wins or not, so long as his platform – and particularly Medicare for All – is victorious.
Pruitt is removing science advisers who have received EPA funding, but he’s OK with...
The EPA administrator called for scientific independence while drowning in fossil fuel money.
Find the adults and get them in the room
If democracy isn’t participatory it isn’t decent democracy.
Gaza: Grand bargain or wider war?
The United States can go big on diplomacy or on military destruction. Which way will Biden lean?
How to reinvent the European left
Europeans want to upend politics as usual and the far right is still rising. If the left doesn’t come up with an unusual politics of its own, it will be upended as well.
US-Iran ceasefire deal opens fragile path out of war as Israel threatens to keep...
The interim framework could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and pause a war that killed thousands, but unresolved disputes over sanctions, Iran’s nuclear program, frozen assets, and Israel’s military operations leave the deal vulnerable before it is even signed.
The Supreme Court’s EPA decision could hamper regulator’s ability to protect the public
The agency will still be allowed to regulate many forms of air pollution, but would need explicit direction from Congress on how to tackle some of the worst aspects of climate change and other pressing issues.