Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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"Morally Reprehensible" New Orleans Utility Used Paid Actors As Protesters
In a textbook case of astroturfing, the sub-contractor of a local power utility in New Orleans paid people to act as supporters of a proposed $200 million gas-fired power plant.
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How the "Bernie of Mexico" Won the Presidency
Andrés Manuel López Obrador gave the people something to vote for: expanding free college education, raising the minimum wage, fighting income inequality, and creating a massive infrastructure and jobs program.
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Evidence Mounts That Russia Covertly Swayed Brexit Just Like the U.S. Election
Putin appears to have used a billionaire businessman in Britain as a tool to pass the referendum.
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Threatened With Mass Expulsion, Italy's Roma Face An Uncertain Future
In a move echoing Donald Trump’s attacks on immigrants to the U.S., Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has announced plans to deport all Roma who are in the country illegally.
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Public Banking Comes to the Territories
A new public bank in American Samoa draws attention to the poverty and inequality in America’s territories.
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From L.A. to N.Y., Hundreds of Thousands Protest Trump's Immigration Policies
In Los Angeles, tens of thousands assembled in front of City Hall just before noon in a star- and politician-studded rally that centered on messages of humanity and empathy transcending borders.
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UN Report Slams U.S. for Criminalizing Poverty As Destitution Grows
The report concludes that the persistence of extreme poverty in the U.S. is a political choice made by people in power, and criticizes U.S. policy for making health care a privilege, not a right.
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The End of Roe
Anthony Kennedy’s retirement ensures the Supreme Court will allow states to outlaw abortion.
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Rebel Cities 7: Water Wars for the Human Right to Water in Athens and Beyond
In Greece, which has faced austerity-on-steroids since 2010, privatization and asset stripping have driven the story as cities fight to preserve their water systems from corporate takeover.
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Brazilian Mom in Immigrant Family Separation Lawsuit Hopes Ruling Spares Other Parents Pain
"I joined this case to recover my son and so that what happened to me wouldn’t happen to other mothers."
