Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We're back to preemptive wars now! Dick Cheney might as well be president."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In response to a tax cut included in the German government's climate package, state-owned railway company Deutsche Bahn kicked off 2020 with a 10% decrease for long-distance train fares—a move which has drawn comparisons to the United Kingdom, where millions of commuters are now grappling with a 2.7% price increase.
Julia Conley, staff writer
A number of disability rights advocates on Thursday praised Sen. Elizabeth Warren's plan to protect the rights of people with disabilities in the workplace, schools, and across American life—calling the proposal "thoughtful" and "comprehensive."
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
Despite the aggressive efforts by the right wing to suppress the vote, voting rights advocates are making progress. (Photo: Marla Aufmuth/TED/Flickr)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If you have Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden telling you that they need to kowtow at the altar of the rich to fundraise in the general election, they're wrong. We're upending those notions."
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"You're an idiot, mate. You really are."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Indonesian officials announced Thursday that at least 30 people have died and more than 35,000 others have been displaced in recent days due to severe flooding from record-setting rainfall in and around Jakarta, the Southeast Asian country's capital and largest city.
Mona Fawaz
Protesters chant as as they demonstrate outside Lebanon's Central Bank during ongoing anti-government protests in Beirut, Lebanon November 11, 2019 (Photo: Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)
Charles P. Pierce
Somebody who’s still in the race should say it as bravely as Julian Castro did. (Photo: Chip SomodevillaGetty Images)
Julia Conley, staff writer
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro announced Thursday he was suspending his presidential campaign, pledging to continue fighting for working people, immigrants' rights, and to combat wealth inequality.
Philip Weiss
Rep. Rashida Tlaib addressing the House of Representatives on H.Res.326. (Photo: Screenshot)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump claims absolute immunity. Sounds like he and his buddy, Netanyahu, have the same cheat sheet."
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies
US Embassy in Iraq under siege. (Photo Credit: Creative Commons)
Mike Ervin
Even when people are permanently disabled, the more frequent and onerous the reevaluation process becomes, the harder it is for them to keep up. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Bernie Sanders is closing the year with the most donations of any candidate in history at this point in a presidential campaign," said campaign manager Faiz Shakir.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The fires have burned so hot and so fast that there has been significant mortality of animals in the trees, but there is such a big area now that is still on fire and still burning that we will probably never find the bodies."
