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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Democrats, Unions Declare Victory As 'Right to Work' Loses By Wide Margin in Missouri
“In every corner of the state, voters rebuked the efforts of powerful, out-of-state corporate interests and dark money to control the future of Missouri’s economy.”
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The New Gilded Age: Income Inequality in the U.S. by State, Metropolitan Area, and County
From 2009 to 2015, the incomes of the top 1 percent grew faster than the incomes of the bottom 99 percent in 43 states and the District of Columbia.
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Dark Matter: Too-Big-To-Fail Hibernates in Opaque Derivatives Markets
Much of the "over-the-counter" derivatives market remains outside the radar of regulators, who are supposed to monitor the risks it poses.
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Supreme Court Says Kids Can Sue Trump Over Climate Change
The high court called the breadth of the lawsuit “striking.”
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Portland far-right rally: police charge counterprotesters with batons drawn
Police in riot gear use stun grenades and pepper spray on leftwing groups protesting against Patriot Prayer marchers.
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Domestic Workers in Seattle Win Most Comprehensive Bill of Rights in the U.S.
The ordinance establishes protections for the city’s more than 30,000 nannies, caregivers and housekeepers, who have historically been excluded from labor laws.
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Intensifying Support for Corbynism As Tory Government Crumbles
The rally atmosphere in the small, rural north west town of Hayfield is testament to Britons' rising discontent with neoliberal policies as PM Theresa May's Tory alliance falters and a leftist Corbynism is in ascent.
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From Freedom Summer to Parkland: How Change Comes to America
The results of the Road for Change and other student movements burgeoning across the country this summer have yet to be seen – but November isn't far off.
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This Summer’s Heat Waves Could Be the Strongest Climate Signal Yet
Earth's global warming fever spiked to deadly new highs across the Northern Hemisphere this summer, and we're feeling the results.
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Defending Land and Environmental Rights Has Become An Increasingly Deadly Endeavor
A new Global Witness report says that 2017 was the deadliest year for land and environmental defenders, with a total of 207 defenders killed worldwide.
