Thursday, May 9, 2024

Tag: Democrats

Flipping the House is nice, but the real power is local

The more relevant political battle lines will continue to shift to our states and cities, where the real struggle for power lies.

Not a blue wave, but perhaps a foreshock of the big...

We’ve got an interesting next two years ahead of us.

Deb Haaland, one of nation’s first Native Congresswomen, calls for probe...

"I’ll go to Congress to make sure that we are paying attention to the issues that folks care about."

8 midterms: Blue wave, red undertow

The 2018 election exposed once more how divided the country is – but it also showed how strongly the tide is running against Trump’s hateful brand of politics and the party that he continues to deform.

America rejects Trumpism

The vast majority of Americans are now anti-establishment, and understandably so.

Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: We need to confront Trump’s creeping authoritarianism

"This is a time for us to have a strong response and to really command the power that we secured tonight."

Democrats won the House. To keep winning, they need to move...

Democratic operatives will use the midterm results to preach centrism, but the future of the party lies in its left flank.

Record number of women win in the House

In total, 117 women were elected during the 2018 midterm elections – 96 elected to the House, 12 to the Senate and 9 as governor – shattering records and increasing the number of women in power.

How Congress stopped working

Today’s legislative branch, far from the model envisioned by the founders, is dominated by party leaders and functions as a junior partner to the executive, according to an analysis by The Washington Post and ProPublica.

Noam Chomsky: The future of organized human life is at risk...

We have to make decisions now which will literally determine whether organized human life can survive in any decent form.”

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As peace protests are violently suppressed, CNN paints them as hate rallies

Some in corporate media very clearly took sides, portraying student protesters as violent, hateful and/or stupid.

Global aviation emissions in 2019 far exceed official reports, reveals study

This discovery reveals a significant under-reporting issue that could have profound implications for international climate policy.

Landmark study reveals gas stove emissions boost childhood asthma rates, adult deaths

The study, published Friday in Science Advances, represents the first time researchers have quantified the link between gas stoves and asthma from NO2 exposures inside homes.

Israel seizes Rafah crossing, cutting off Gaza’s last humanitarian lifeline amid famine crisis

This move effectively cuts off a critical humanitarian aid route to the enclave, where the majority of the population faces imminent famine due to ongoing conflict.

G7 nations announce plan to end coal use by 2035

The G7 countries goal is to “phase out existing unabated coal power generation in our energy systems during the first half of 2030s.”