Robert Reich
Zuckerberg’s Facebook sends Trump’s unfiltered lies to 43 percent of Americans, for whom Facebook is a source of news. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
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Julia Conley, staff writer
The Missouri Library Association says it is monitoring a bill put forward in the state House by a Republican lawmaker, which, if passed, could create committees across the state with the power to jail librarians for distributing material the panels deem "inappropriate."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Environmentalists and progressives nationwide praised Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday for voting against President Donald Trump's new trade deal because it ignored the human-caused climate crisis.
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This is a do-or-die moment in human history."
Jim Naureckas, Julie Hollar
Six candidates out of the field qualified for the first Democratic presidential primary debate of 2020, hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register on Jan. 14. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Jeffrey C. Isaac
The current kerfuffle between Warren and Sanders has almost nothing to do with the real issues at stake in this election and even this primary. (Photo: Joe Skipper/Getty Images)
Julia Conley, staff writer
Journalists, lawmakers, and free press advocates on Wednesday condemned proposed rules for reporters as President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate gets underway—restrictions which critics say will limit in "unprecedented" ways reporters' ability to spread news about the proceedings.
David Armiak , Arn Pearson
Considered the “MVP” of the right-wing infrastructure built in the state over the past decade, WILL’s leaders and funders include many of Wisconsin’s heaviest Republican hitters and have collectively poured at least $12 million into the Wisconsin GOP and its candidates over the past two decades. (Photo: Creative Commons)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Sparking fresh calls for the Republican-controlled Senate to remove President Donald Trump from office, a federal watchdog agency announced Thursday that the White House violated the law by withholding congressionally approved U.S. military aid to Ukraine—a decision at the center of the impeachment probe.
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William deBuys
The wall will not curb their principal business of smuggling and the Trump administration’s new immigration policies have turned what was formerly a minor sideline—kidnapping people for ransom—into a growth industry. (Photo: qbac07/Flickr/cc)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"It was all about Joe Biden, Hunter Biden. It was never about corruption."
Jon Queally, staff writer
"When progressives fight each other, the establishment wins."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Sen. Bernie Sanders took to the Senate floor Wednesday to explain why he intends to stand with labor and climate groups in opposition to a major new trade agreement with Mexico and Canada ahead of an expected vote by the Republican-majority upper chamber Thursday to approve the deal.
Robert C. Koehler
We’re the greatest military superpower on the planet, and this fact is consuming our ability to think and act in a rational and humane manner. (Photo: Ralf Schlesener/ICAN)
Norman Solomon
Supporters of Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Bernie Sanders supporters cheer and chat outside the James Clyburns World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina June 21, 2019. (Photo: Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
