Tag: Republican National Convention
What the fact?! Reacting to the RNC
Robert Reich reacts to the most outrageous whoppers and provided some fact-based rebuttals.
RNC opens with baseless Trump claims of rigged election & warnings...
The Republican Party has decided not to adopt a new platform this year, a move that ensures there will be no public debate at the convention about the direction of the party under Trump.
Exclusive: Lizz Winstead and Abortion Stories in the Public Square
Lady Parts Justice League protested outside the Republican National Convention to raise awareness for pro-choice activism.
At the GOP Convention, the Media Went AWOL
Almost no one in the press even acknowledged that regardless of how you feel about Donald Trump, the spectacle was crazy.
A Sad Showing for the Left in Cleveland
Real change happens on the ground, so where were all the protestors in Cleveland?
What’s on Display in Cleveland? The Republican Id
The triumph of Trump has demonstrated the cost of the devil’s bargain that party elites — and the media — have accepted over the years.
GOP Holds Convention In Ground Zero For Voting Rights, As Party...
The controversial voting restrictions could decide this November's election.
Republicans Want To “Make America Work Again”? That Would Be Real...
Republicans, if you want to really 'Make America Work Again': Make U.S. corporations pay the $700 billion they owe in taxes on their $2.4 trillion in profits stashed offshore.
Terror, Tennis Balls and Tamir Rice
Fatal inequality will continue to terrorize this nation until we genuinely commit to confronting racism and gun violence.
Cruz Decided To Address The RNC But Not Endorse Trump. It...
Boos rained down at the Republican National Convention yesterday. What was Ted Cruz thinking?
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“But I didn’t know!”
A second Trump presidency will unleash extremists' to target specific politicians and activists, just as any terrorist regime does.
Cooperation Jackson’s food sovereignty initiatives help with sustainable community development, economic democracy, and community...
“It’s a beautiful thing to be able to feed your community, especially in a food desert.”
US suffered almost 300,000 excess deaths during coronavirus pandemic, CDC reports
They found that excess deaths have occurred every week in the U.S. since March, peaking in the weeks ending April 11 and August 8.
Why the Founders Would Decry What America has Become
If the Founding Fathers saw what the United States has become, they would be devastated. Poverty, income inequality, suppression of speaking ones mind, crime, war, and oligarch like behaviors all make up this new U.S. It is far from being the democracy it was created as.
The US spends more than $80 billion a year incarcerating 2.3 million people
"With movements calling for defunding and divesting, people are finally talking about spending and raising the heat on the thousands of corporations that profit off the millions of people we lock up."