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Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"If you're a Democratic Party leader and you're still invested in oil and gas it’s just a problem."
Julia Conley, staff writer
Handing down a ruling dismissing a civil lawsuit which alleged a police officer violated a Black man's Fourth Amendment rights during a traffic stop in 2013, a federal judge in Mississippi made clear that he sided with the plaintiff—and demanded the U.S. Supreme Court overturn qualified immunity.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"There is no way around it: getting the economy back on track means controlling the pandemic."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"They are delaying Social Security checks and other mail and potentially disenfranchising millions of voters."
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Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"It is worth fighting for a system that puts public health ahead of profits: Medicare for All," said a doctor touting Canadian system.
Ralph Nader
This combination of file photos shows Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Apple CEO Tim Cook. (Photo: DSK/AFP via Getty Images)
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We still need far more serious measures to make a difference—we need structural change."
Nafisa Tanjeem, Michael J. Illuzzi
"One of the increasingly popular survival mechanisms for struggling universities is to succumb to the eLearning market," write Tanjeem and Illuzzi. (Photo: iStock/Getty Images)
Nafisa Tanjeem, Michael J. Illuzzi
"One of the increasingly popular survival mechanisms for struggling universities is to succumb to the eLearning market," write Tanjeem and Illuzzi. (Photo: iStock/Getty Images)
Julia Conley, staff writer
A 62-year-old Black man is expected to spend the rest of his life in Louisiana's largest maximum-security prison after the state Supreme Court denied his request to overturn his life sentence, 23 years after his conviction for attempting to steal a pair of hedge clippers.
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"You want Bill Clinton to speak but maybe not AOC. Okay, dummies."
Robert Freeman
A young person's solemn face appears in front of the 2011 Hiroshima Lantern Festival marking the atomic bomb. (Photo: Richard Riley/flickr/cc)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A New York state judge ruled Thursday that a defamation lawsuit filed against President Donald Trump by journalist and columnist E. Jean Carroll—who last year accused Trump of raping her in the 1990s—can proceed while an appeals court weighs a separate, similar case of another woman who has accused the president of sexual assault.
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
The formation was the final survivor of its kind in the nation's Arctic
Mike Lofgren
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) enters a Senators Only elevator before attending the Weekly Senate Policy Luncheon on June 25, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Tom Brenner/Getty Images)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump and Republicans appear ready to walk away from the negotiating table to do unworkable, weak, and narrow executive orders that barely scratch the surface of what is needed."
Elise Gould
"Federal policymakers need to act now to reinstate the $600 unemployment insurance benefits to the 30+ million workers who are desperately trying to make ends meet," writes Gould in response to Friday's latest job numbers. "And, those benefits are supporting a huge amount of spending, which means, with it, the loss of about five million jobs." (Photo: Getty Images)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The progressive movement is undeniable!" Bradshaw said following her win. "Thank you all so much for your support and this victory. It's time to put hardworking people first. Onward."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Elliott Abrams has made a career of lying and committing criminal acts that have led to the death and suffering of innocent people from Guatemala to Iraq."
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Rev. John Dear
"Our message over the years has been simple and urgent: Nuclear weapons have totally failed us. They don’t make us safer; they don’t provide jobs; they don’t make us more secure—these are age-old lies. Instead they bankrupt us, economically and spiritually." (Photo: Courtesy of Rev. John Dear)
