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In normal times, helping citizens in distress through no fault of their own has been seen as a bedrock American value. But disaster relief has been politicized, adding to hurricane recovery challenges in the Florida Panhandle.
read moreThe Washington governor wants to transform the electricity grid and new-car market before it’s too late.
read moreThe people who created the present American system of self-government were all knowledgeable of Roman history, using many of its lessons in structuring the modern republic. Today as history repeats itself, we are left without the wisdom of those whose system we continue to pantomime.
read moreWhen it comes to raising money based on false claims, this president has nothing on the Pentagon. And worse yet, like America’s wars, the Pentagon’s long con shows no sign of ending.
read moreOne would think that any American president, regardless of ideology, would support a full-scale investigation to understand the extent of such interference and to help ward off future threats to our national sovereignty and security.
read more[Translate] Published on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 by Common Dreams “A shocking number of civilians continue to be killed and...
read moreSpats between members of Congress are seldom worth much attention, but an amusing one that happened between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Garland “Andy” Barr (R-Ky.) tells us a lot about how Democrats and Republicans think about the past, present and future of the American economy-
read moreGrowing inequality threatens our most basic democratic principles.
read moreAsylum-seekers are forced to wait days inside surplus Army shelters in a parking lot, with no beds and little food or showers.
read moreUnder Republican and Democratic presidents from Nixon through Obama, killing migratory birds, even inadvertently, was a crime, with fines for violations ranging from $250 to $100 million.
read moreAnd we should recall what WikiLeaks actually disclosed: Who can forget the Pentagon video footage of a missile attack in 2007 in Iraq, which killed 18 civilians and two Reuters journalists?
read moreHELSINKI, Finland — When they really wanted to rile up conservative voters this spring, the politicians from Finland’s nationalist party made a beeline for the rawest subject in this year’s general election.
read moreIn a major victory for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients in Arkansas, two bills that would allow them to access nursing licenses and in-state tuition rates at public universities were signed into law by the state’s Republican governor this week.
read more“The president can’t ignore our laws to accomplish his goal of preventing people from seeking asylum here.”
read moreDisguised as the work of lawmakers, these so-called “model” bills get copied in one state Capitol after another, quietly advancing the agenda of the people who write them.
read moreCongress is set to pass one of the most blatant pieces of corporate welfare in years.
read moreA new Democratic coalition could be coming to power—but don’t count on it.
read moreMURDOCH AND HIS CHILDREN HAVE TOPPLED GOVERNMENTS ON TWO CONTINENTS AND DESTABILIZED THE MOST IMPORTANT DEMOCRACY ON EARTH. WHAT DO THEY WANT?
read more“I am happy not just for the result, but mainly that it is possible not to succumb to populism, to tell the truth, to raise interest without aggressive vocabulary.”
read moreWe are squandering millions of acres of our children’s inheritance and using it to destroy the planet.
read moreThe gun group faces growing scrutiny of its finances, political activity, and ties with Russian operatives.
read moreThe US’s unique politics and political system make it much harder for America to take similarly swift action.
read moreThe “bomb cyclone” threatened the region’s most valuable resource.
read moreSecurity means teaching the public which dangers are real and which are not. Trump’s rhetoric isn’t helping.
read moreProgressives shouldn’t fall for facile technology fatalism.
read moreWhen the EPA and the Department of Interior announced plans to scrap Obama-era regulations to curb methane leaks last year, they were transparent about their rationale — they wanted to help the oil and gas industry.
read moreThese captains of American capitalism are brazenly ignoring their responsibility to their own nation, a nation in desperate need of funding for education and infrastructure and job training.
read morePolitical and social factors, as well as pressure from industry, can lead to wide disparities in exposure, with some communities protected and others left vulnerable.
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