Diallo Brooks
Senate Republicans chose to stage a shameful cover-up and protect a lawless, corrupt president. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Julia Conley, staff writer
Calling on her fellow lawmakers to pass legislation she put forward last year to fully recognize poverty in the U.S. and work to eradicate it, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez testified before her own House committee Wednesday about the U.S. government's willful failure to understand how many Americans are living in poverty.
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This is not going to help anyone trust the process."
Jared Gaby-Biegel
The good news is that the issue of family leave is at the top of the policy agenda.(Photo: Eye DJ/Flickr/cc)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
With just a year until the last remaining nuclear treaty between the United States and Russia expires, the Global Zero movement on Wednesday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to extend the pact and warned of the potential consequences if it ends.
Michael Winship
A speech not worth the paper Nancy Pelosi tore apart.
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Absolutely horrific."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It is genuinely scandalous that the Iowa Democratic Party has only released 75% of the results to the caucus."
Carey Gillam
Among the evidence introduced at the Bader Farms trial are internal Monsanto documents showing that the company predicted thousands of drift complaints would occur after its new seed product launch. (Photo: Bacsica/iStock)
Samantha Jacoby
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin arrives to speak in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on October 11, 2019. (Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
In addition to the posthumous pardon for Rustin, Newsom announced a new initiative for clemency for others who fell victim to the state's criminalization of the LGBTQ community.
Julia Conley, staff writer
Gun control advocates on Wednesday insisted that Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime was killed in the Parkland, Florida, school shooting two years ago, need not apologize for yelling in protest at President Donald Trump during the State of the Union address Tuesday night.
Scarlet Kim, Hugh Handeyside
There was already strong reason to question CBP’s denials, given the mounting and consistent reports that border officers were, in fact, targeting travelers of Iranian heritage returning to Washington state from Canada. (Photo: CBP/Flickr)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
About 100 Greenpeace U.K. campaigners temporarily shut down BP's London headquarters Wednesday by delivering 500 solar panels to the office and locking themselves to oil barrels in an effort to pressure the fossil fuel giant's new chief executive to take the climate crisis seriously and support a global transition to renewable energy.
Erica Fein
Two of the most outspoken proponents of a more restrained U.S. foreign policy in the current House are Reps. Barbara Lee and Ro Khanna. (Photo: Screenshot)
Dorothee Benz
Watching impeachment through the lens of the New York Times. (Photo: Screenshot)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The president's campaign is quickly realizing that the only way to attack someone who spent his entire life standing with the working class is to lie."
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Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"You gotta hand it to Trump. He knows how to keep the base onboard."
Jeff Biggers
Officials from the 68th caucus precinct overlook the results of the first referendum count during a caucus event on February 3, 2020 at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo: Tom Brenner/Getty Images)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Climate and Indigenous activists reiterated their dedication to blocking the planned expansion of the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline after Canada's Federal Court of Appeal on Tuesday unanimously rejected four challenges from First Nations in British Columbia to the government's approval of the project.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Senate has failed to hold Trump accountable, so the American people will."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Intervening in Venezuela's internal politics is the one thing that is bipartisan! How sad," said CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin.
