Julia Conley, staff writer
Six years after residents in Flint, Michigan began relying on their polluted local river as a drinking water source at the behest of Republican state officials looking to save money, the state announced details of an historic $600 million settlement, reached after 18 months of negotiations.
Timothy A. Wise
Farmers in Zimbabwe prepare fields to grow maize. (Photo: David White, Oxfam)
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
The lawmaker said he will self-quarantine and follow advice of medical experts.
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
"If Joe Biden ignores, demoralizes or actively alienates his progressive base, he could pave the way for another Donald Trump victory," writes the authors. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Progressives accused the House speaker of "proving she's not, in fact, against Dems primarying Dems, as long as it's to remove anyone who advances halfway progressive ideas."
Peter Bloom
Former US President Barack Obama addresses the virtual Democratic National Convention on August 19, 2020. (Photo: PBS News/YouTube Screengrab)
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"Weaponizing the charge of 'antisemitism' to silence criticism of Israel is despicable," said activist Ady Barkan.
Jake Johnson and Andrea Germanos, staff writers
"Peace is not an arms deal to be made between anti-democratic regimes. It must be made between peoples."
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Uma Nagarajan-Swenson
A protester holding a "kids need counselors not cops sign" in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo: Michael Siluk/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Julia Conley, staff writer
The district attorney of Manhattan can obtain President Donald Trump's tax records, according to a federal judge who ruled Thursday that the president's claims that a subpoena for the documents was issued "in bad faith."
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Robert C. Koehler
"What was missing—from the national convention, from the halls of Congress, from the party as a whole—was any official stance against war. By which I mean, today’s wars," writes Koehler. (Screenshot/ Democratic National Convention - August 17, 2020)
Belle Chesler
A kid wears a face mask and a backpack in Kips Bay as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on August 15, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Noam Galai/Getty Images)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Some economists reiterated calls for extending the $600 weekly boost that's opposed by Trump and congressional Republicans.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Documents obtained by a watchdog group reveal that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin met with the Postal Service Board of Governors in February "to discuss the search for a new postmaster general."
Julia Conley, staff writer
A former Homeland Security official said this week that in addition to suggesting the U.S. sell Puerto Rico as the island territory was struggling to recover after Hurricane Maria, President Donald Trump proposed "trading" the territory for another island he had previously expressed interest in—Greenland.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The "We Build the Wall" campaign, led by Iraq War veteran Brian Kolfage, raised over $25 million.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This deserves a full, independent investigation," said the California Democrat.
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
The president's comments about the group labeled by the FBI as a domestic terrorism threat came on the same day Facebook restricted thousands of QAnon accounts.
