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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Lawsuit Says Wells Fargo Auto Insurance Charges Were a Fraud
Wells Fargo said late last week it would refund about $80 million to an estimated 570,000 customers who were wrongly charged for auto insurance from 2012 to 2017, including roughly 20,000 whose vehicles were repossessed.
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This Organization Wants to Create A Thousand Bernie Sanders. Here’s How.
For the millions of Americans who agreed with Bernie’s “future to believe in,” there is a very simple explanation for what is wrong with our government: it’s not filled with Bernie Sanders. The Incorruptibles has a plan to change that.
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"Obscene": 70 Top Healthcare CEOs Raked in $9.8 Billion Since 2010
"The median household income in 2015 was $56,515, which the average healthcare CEO made in less than a day."
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Our Best Shot at Meeting Paris Goals? Make Energy Public
A new report finds public ownership is the best way for cities and towns to meet renewable energy and efficiency targets.
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Occupy the Cinema: "Nobody Speak" Tackles Free Press and Journalism in the Age of Trump
At its core, "Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press" raises the question of where the line is between public and private, whether crossing it is “bad,” and whether the news men and women who do so ought to be held legally accountable.
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8 Lessons U.S. Progressives Can Learn From the U.K. Labour Party
A grassroots network called Momentum, formed in 2015 to build participation and engagement in the Labour Party, mobilized 23,000 members and 150 local chapters through on-the-ground campaigning and social media.
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With Polish People's Victory, Is Nationalism Finally Losing Its Grip In Central Europe?
Resistance to rightwing regimes like the one governing Poland, as well as Hungary, are becoming increasingly more effective as people become more educated about the far-right politics steering their nations astray.
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New Book Explores How Protesters—and Governments—Use Internet Tactics
The central question of technosociologist Zeynep Tufekci's new book, "Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest," is how digital media changes the reality and effectiveness of social protest.
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How the Food and Drug Companies Ensure that We Get Sick and They Make Money
The new documentary "What the Health" shows how the lives and health of human beings are considered insignificant, and in many ways threatened, by the pursuit of profits in the meat and dairy and drug industries.
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Meet the Organizers Pursuing a Progressive Takeover of the Republican Party
Brand New Congress is going after red states and Republican voters with left populism.
