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A very real problem vividly illustrated for the rest of us In a new video from Robert Reich, former secretary of labor and accomplished author, an extremely timely, entertaining...
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Fresh calls for the Supreme Court justice's removal came amid "damning" new evidence of his wife's involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
According to Mark F. Pomerantz, a former federal prosecutor that came out of retirement to work on the Trump investigation and then resigned last month, Trump...
How do things really get done (or more often not) in Washington D.C.? In a new video from Robert Reich, former secretary of labor and accomplished...
A new analysis finds that the 704 billionaires in the U.S. now own more wealth than the bottom half of Americans—roughly 165 million people. During the...
“Extinction is not inevitable—it is a political choice,” says a new petition calling for bold changes to the Endangered Species Act. The Center for Biological Diversity on...
“A renewable energy future,” the groups wrote, “is a peaceful and ultimately more prosperous one.” A coalition of over 200 groups on Wednesday called on President Joe...
It began with a basic “news you can use” feature from National Public Radio. Titled “5 ways to cope with the stressful news cycle,” producer Andee...
“This long-overdue legislation will strengthen the Postal Service so it can better serve the American people.” Postal reform advocates on Tuesday welcomed the U.S. Senate’s passage of House-approved bipartisan...
“Amazon repeatedly endeavored to thwart the committee’s efforts to uncover the truth about Amazon’s business practices,” the House Judiciary Committee wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland....
The U.S. House of Representatives select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol issued a subpoena on Thursday to Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top fundraiser...
The “precinct strategy” widely promoted by Steve Bannon has already inspired thousands of Trump supporters to fill local GOP positions, intent on preventing a “stolen election.”...
The committee alleges that Trump and his allies engaged in a “corrupt scheme to obstruct the counting of Electoral College ballots and a conspiracy to impede...
Though Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is just days old, Russia has been working for years to influence and undermine the independence of its smaller neighbor....
Los Angeles had oil wells pumping in its neighborhoods when Hollywood was in its infancy, and thousands of active wells still dot the city. These wells...
A new legal filing by New York’s attorney general this week accused former President Donald Trump’s company of misleading lenders about the financial health of its...
What are the institutions—public and civic—that could roll back this fast-approaching U.S.-style fascism with the snarling visage of serial criminal and constitutional violator, Donald J. Trump?...
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“There is no longer any question: These companies knew and lied about their product’s role in the climate crisis, they continue to deceive, and they must...
According to the SEC, Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, then chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, had material nonpublic information about coronavirus impact. He and...