National

2019/09/13

“ it is being discussed as something you believe in or don’t believe in,” Thunberg told Noah talking...

Pro-marijuana activists take part in a rally on Capitol Hill in 2017

National

Marijuana Legalization in US: Is End of Cannabis Prohibition in Sight?

2019/10/23

Legalization could have a wide range of implications for everyone from the average US citizen to the incarcerated and veterans...

Dividends and Disaster: How For-Profit Utilities Threaten Public Safety

Featured

PG&E Announces $11bn Settlement in Deadly California Fires

2019/09/13

Utility company PG&E announced it has reached an $11 billion settlement with insurance companies over the deadly wildfires in California...

National

Trump’s Crackdown on Immigrants, Asylum Seekers Gains Traction

2019/09/12

The Supreme Court said Wednesday Trump could enact severe restrictions on asylum seekers, the move in his increasingly hardline crackdown...

National

Dozens of US Progressive Groups Urge Congress to Protect Boycott Rights

2019/09/10

The resolution is in response to growing attacks on the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement (BDS), a campaign that aims to...

US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing

National

Trade War Cited as Cause for 10,000 US Job Layoffs in August: Report

2019/09/05

Employers also announced the most layoffs of any August since 2009

Some US restaurant workers are seeking to abolish the tipping model in favor of a full wage.

National

Wage-ing War: Why Some Restaurant Workers are Demanding a Full Wage

2019/09/04

With most US states allowing employers to pay tipped workers a sub-minimum wage, the practice has increasingly become a source...

Interviews

Why is the US Economy so Prone to Crashes? An Interview With Economist Richard Wolff

2019/09/04

Drawing from the Marxian tradition, Wolff maintains that if we are to understand why the American and global economies are...

National

UN Rights Chief Slams US Move to Detain Migrant Children Indefinitely

2019/09/04

Trump's decision to remove legal limits on how long migrant children can be detained clearly flouts international law, the U.N....

National

‘We Will Not Tolerate This Here:’ DC Residents Protest Proposed Migrant Children Detention Center

by Maria Michela D'alessandro

2019/08/29

Hundreds of people protested in D.C. on Wednesday protested a proposed for-profit detention center for migrant children in the area

A pro-cannabis activist holds up a marijuana cigarette during a rally on Capitol Hill

National

Marijuana Justice: How Legal Cannabis Can Help Address US Racial Disparities

by Maria Michela D'alessandro

2019/08/30

“For far too long the possession of marijuana has been a pipeline to prison, especially for black men in DC...

National

Trump Attacks Puerto Rico as Major Storm Nears Landfall

2019/08/28

In a prior tweet, the president once again falsely claimed that Puerto Rico received $92 billion in disaster relief following...

Officer of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

National

US Deports Palestinian Harvard Freshman Over Friends’ Social Media Posts

2019/08/27

Under a new Trump administration policy that began in June, visa applicants are required to submit information about any social...

The U.S. Capitol building is seen at dusk in Washington, DC

National

Seven in Ten Americans ‘Angry’ That Gov. Works Only For Rich and Powerful: Poll

2019/08/28

These suspicions have been backed up by recent political science research, as one 2015 Princeton study found that public opinion...

National

Trump Lashes Out at China, Plunging Stocks Amid Recession Fears

2019/08/23

The blistering Twitter screed called into doubt chances for a quick resolution to the escalating trade war between the world's...

A screenshot from the website of Leather Back Gear, a US company that sells bulletproof backpacks.

National

Sales of Bulletproof Backpacks Surge in US Amid Fears of Mass Shootings

by Maria Michela D'alessandro

2019/08/23

After the last tragedies in El Paso, Texas, and in Dayton, Ohio, where collectively 31 people died at the hands...

US Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at "The People's Summit" in Chicago, June 10, 2017.

National

‘Whatever it Takes:’ Sanders Unveils Detailed, Aggressive Plan to Stop Climate Change

2019/08/22

The proposal aims to create 20 million new jobs by transforming the nation’s energy sector, achieving 100 percent renewable energy...

National

US to Allow Indefinite Detention of Migrant Children: DHS

2019/08/21

The Department of Homeland Security said it was terminating the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement, a binding legal ruling that said...

National

Trump Likens Himself to ‘King of Israel,’ Accuses Democratic Jews of ‘Great Disloyalty’