ON FRIDAY, former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich urged voters in Ohio’s 11th Congressional District to cast their ballots for progressive firebrand Nina Turner, who is challenging Rep. Shontel Brown in the Democratic primary. Reich stated that “we have to elect” Turner “because we need people in Congress who will fig...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta received applause Thursday for the launch of a probe into whether the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries engaged in an “aggressive” decades-long campaign to deceptively convince the public “that recycling can solve the plastics crisis.” As part of its probe, Bonta also announc...
Buried in a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida this week is a provision that will eliminate Floridians’ ability to use ranked-choice voting to decide their elections—as people in at least two cities there have voted to do—making DeSantis the latest GOP leader to ban the broadly popular voting reform. Voting [...
WASHINGTON – Roughly $7 billion worth of military equipment transferred to the deposed Afghan government was left behind during the US’s chaotic withdrawal from the country in August, according to a report published on April 28. The Pentagon does not plan to conduct any operations to “retrieve or destroy” the equipment, accor...
WASHINGTON- Hundreds of students at a US high school outside of Chicago fasted in solidarity with their Muslim peers. The students at Maine East High School took part in the first Ramadan-inspired event in the school history on Wednesday in an effort to display diversity and inclusion. “I see her doing it every day, and […]
BRUSSELS – NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said that the military alliance would welcome “with open arms” Finland and Sweden if they decide to apply for membership. Stoltenberg spoke at a joint news conference with the President of the European Parliament (EP) Roberta Mestola ahead of a meeting with the leaders of the EP’s political [&he...
A government watchdog revealed Thursday that Medicare Advantage plans—which are offered by private companies but required to follow rules set by the government healthcare program—deny medically necessary care to tens of thousands of enrollees each year. The revelation came in a report released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service...
Peace advocates reacted to Thursday’s request by U.S. President Joe Biden for $33 billion in additional aid to Ukraine by warning against what they called a dangerous escalation and by accusing the administration of misplaced priorities. Biden is asking Congress for additional funding for war-ravaged Ukraine, including more than $20 bill...
As congressional Democrats held a press conference Thursday to discuss legislative proposals to reduce gasoline prices and crack down on fossil fuel corporations that are raking in record amounts of money amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, a progressive group redoubled its call for a windfall profits tax on Big Oil—calling it the “right...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – The US city of Minneapolis and its police department have engaged in an illegal “pattern or practice of race discrimination,” according to a report released Wednesday by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. The department launched the study just days after then-police officer Derek Chauvin killed Ge...
