Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"It is an extraordinary escalation. No shots fired for 45 years, and then at least 20 soldiers dead in one evening in rock-throwing and bludgeoning."
Julia Conley, staff writer
An independent investigation found Monday that the Trump-appointed leader of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and another former official violated the agency's scientific integrity policy last year when they released a statement backing up the president's claim that Hurricane Dorian was expected to hit Alabama.
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Jessica Corbett, staff writer
As Congress continues to debate whether and how to keep helping workers and businesses impacted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, over three-quarters of House Democrats sent a letter Monday urging the lower chamber's party leaders to ensure the delivery of further relief to the "crucial" clean energy industry, which has been "decimated" by the public health crisis and resulting economic fallout.
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This is a major step forward."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Civil rights advocates slammed the president's law enforcement executive order as "a band-aid for a bullet wound."
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Anything is better than pretending that the market can deliver healthcare—because it can't," says laureate Angus Deaton.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Healthcare is the U.S. "a major source of inequality," added Deaton.
Thom Hartmann
U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a roundtable on “Fighting for America’s Seniors” at the Cabinet Room of the White House June 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump participated in the roundtable to discuss the administration’s efforts to “safeguard America’s senior citizens” from COVID-19. (Photo: Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)
Robert Lipsyte
Former New York Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton signs copies of his new book, "Ball Four: The Final Pitch" November 27, 2000 at a Waldenbooks store in Schaumburg, IL. "Ball Four: The Final Pitch" is a new and final edition of his controversial 1970 book titled "Ball Four" that has sold more than five million copies worldwide its 30-year life. (Photo: Tim Boyle/Newsmakers)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"These extremists cannot be allowed to silence peaceful protests or inflict violence."
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"These extremists cannot be allowed to silence peaceful protests or inflict violence."
Julia Conley, staff writer
Forty-seven United Nations experts on Tuesday called on the international community to condemn Israel's plan to begin the annexation of large parts of the occupied West Bank next month, including a specific rebuke to the United States for its encouragement of the continued violation of Palestinians' human rights.
Tim Koechlin
An Amazon employee works in the company's warehouse on Staten Island. (Photo: Johannes Eisele / AFP via Getty Images)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
After months of warnings that the coronavirus pandemic has turned U.S. detention facilities into "ticking time bombs" and a "nightmare waiting to happen," the New York Times reported Tuesday that deaths related to Covid-19 in prisons across the country have soared by 73% since mid-May.
Alice Slater
"As we begin to tell the truth and seek ways to repair the damage of racism," writes Slater, "it is well to remember Martin Luther King’s 1967 speech, where he broke with a sympathetic society, similarly to the way global activists today are being asked by the establishment to 'tamp it down' and not ask to 'defund the police' as unnecessarily provocative." (Photo: Pixaby/WikiImages/CC0)
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We will take it to the courts, to the halls of power, and to the streets."
Andy Rowell
That long term decline is because the filthy fossil fuel cannot compete with renewables which get cheaper by the day. (Photo: Marcel Kusch/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Jesse Jackson
People draw messages with chalk in a Seattle intersection. (Photo: David Ryder/Getty Images)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Private equity firms will now be allowed to access—and skim fees off of—the $9 trillion in 100 million workers' 401(k) plans and IRAs."
Juan Cole
One reason large numbers of American’s won’t wear a mask is that they are following Trump’s lead. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
