“Me Too” Comes Back to Congress
It’s primary season, this time against a backdrop of heightened concerns and awareness of powerful figures skirting accountability for sexual...
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
Protesting the Smash-and-Grab Presidency With Nikhil Pal Singh
Donald Trump’s second term has been broadly defined by an overwhelming sense of chaos. Every week the U.S. finds itself...
Pentagon Implores Civilian Workers to Join ICE “Volunteer Force”
The Pentagon has put out a call to its civilian employees to volunteer with the Department of Homeland Security as...
ICE Poses a Real Threat to Our Elections
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, joined by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and fellow congressional Democrats, speaks at a press...
Lawmakers Call on Meta to Stop Running ICE Ad Featuring Neo-Nazi Anthem
Members of Congress are demanding answers from Meta after it ran advertisements by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that they...
Congress Votes Against Blocking Venezuela War After Stalling for Tardy GOP Rep
The House of Representatives narrowly defeated a resolution aimed at blocking further attacks on Venezuela after House Speaker Mike Johnson,...
Kat Abughazaleh Thinks Campaign Funds Should Help Feed People
Nearly $7 billion couldn’t keep President Donald Trump from returning to the White House and Republicans from controlling the House...
The “Warrior Dividend” Is Trump’s Latest PR Stunt to Act Like He Cares About the Troops
Donald Trump during a prime-time address to the nation in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington,...
ICE Denies Pepper-Spraying Rep. Adelita Grijalva in Incident Caught on Video
Federal immigration agents pepper-sprayed and shot crowd suppression munitions at newly sworn-in Arizona Rep. Adelita Grijalva during a confrontation with...
Trump Wants to Make African Countries Share Abortion Data to Get AIDS Funding
The Trump administration plans to condition global health assistance on foreign countries sharing significant amounts of health data with the...
Robert Reich Thinks Democrats Are On the Brink of a New Era
The Labor Department reported September jobs numbers on Thursday, showing employers added 119,000 jobs to the economy but also an...
Epstein Is the Only Thing That Could Turn Trump’s Base Against Him
A protester holds a sign related to the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files outside the Capitol in Washington,...
Saikat Chakrabarti’s Plan for the Political Revolution
It’s the end of an era. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who counts among her legacies in Congress successfully undercutting the...
Insurgent Democratic Candidates Are Ready to Run on Shutdown Betrayal
As the shutdown deal between centrist Senate Democrats and Republicans drew fury from the Democratic base, primary candidates for U.S....
SNAP Recipients Crushed by Democrats Caving on Shutdown: “They Just Wasted It All”
Sarah, a 44-year-old single mother in Maryland, was down to the last $20 on her EBT card as of Monday,...
