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Nancy Braus
Before becoming a national figure, he hosted free, simple meals with discussions of the vital issues of the day in communities small and smaller (this is Vermont). (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Phyllis Eckhaus
Donald Trump—bully, boss, and self-appointed protector of his followers—reminds us to be afraid, be very afraid. (Photo: Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This is something I would expect to see from some of America's worst corporations, not a progressive political campaign."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"You've got candidates, you've got super PACs, all piling on to stop Bernie Sanders. They know he has the momentum in the race."
Julia Conley, staff writer
Public health experts on Tueaday were shifting their attention in discussing the coronavirus—which has infected more than 80,000 people and killed nearly 3,000 since it originated in Wuhan, China in December—as a virus which is expected to spread to much of the world population, including throughout the United States.
Nozomi Hayase
A supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange wears a sign reading 'Don't shoot the messenger' while she demonstrates outside Woolwich Crown Court prior to his extradition hearing on February 25, 2020 in London, England. Assange is wanted by the United States on charges related to the publication of classified US military documents and faces a possible maximum 175-year prison sentence. (Photo: Peter Summers/Getty Images)
Bill Blum
While the attacks on Sanders contributed to his defeat in 2016, they proved less effective than the red-baiting of old. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
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Jessica Corbett, staff writer
One journalist said the piece "tells the story of how your house burned down, from the arsonists' perspective."
Jesse Jackson
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) waves to guests after being interviewed by Rev. Jesse Jackson at Operation Rainbow Push on March 12, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. Residents in Illinois go to the polls on March 15 for their state's primary. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
John Buell
Despite leadership’s rejection of Sanders he won an overwhelming victory in Nevada and appears to have done very well in union households. (Photo: Gary Cameron/Reuters)
Derrick Z. Jackson
The burden of air pollution is well documented but still one of America’s most under-reported tragedies. (Photo: Pixabay)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"That this recent burst of anti-Muslim violence comes during Trump's visit to India is only proof of not only Trump's own legitimizing power of violence against Muslims but also the Pavlovian fascist reactionism in India to a fascist like Trump."
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Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The president is compounding our vulnerabilities by seeking to ransack funds still needed to keep Ebola in check."
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Julia Conley, staff writer
As many in the media and political establishments claimed Sen. Bernie Sanders' Sunday comments about Cuba's literacy program under Fidel Castro were equal to sympathy for the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro's authoritarian regime, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's campaign garnered criticism for suggesting Sanders would defend dictators throughout history.
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Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Faced with mounting public pressure to take the climate crisis seriously and to end its financing for the fossil fuel industry, the investment bank JPMorgan Chase announced Monday that it will stop backing extraction projects in the Arctic and phase out loans for coal by 2024 but keep funding oil and gas developments across the globe.
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"While we can see why they'd want to exploit existing processes however they can, there’s no reason we should let them. Besides, if a candidate did win through a brokered convention, it would be a disaster for the Democrats in November."
Chuck Collins
Extremely wealthy individuals may spend hundreds of millions on political contributions with the aim of influencing policies that will benefit them. (Photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
