Though nobody with a platform as sizeable as his has been more critical of the so-called “establishment” of the Democratic Party, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Friday that the agenda of the Trump administration will be effectively toast if congressional Republicans are toppled in the upcoming midterm elections. “If Democrats control either the House or Read more about 'Trump Agenda Is Dead,' Declares Sanders, If Democrats Do What It Takes To Win in 2018[…]

Progressive and independent journalists are raising grave concerns this week about Facebook’s plan to fashion itself as an arbiter of what news outlets should be deemed “trustworthy”—arguing that the social media giant’s new proposal will punish non-corporate news sources and journalists offering left-leaning news analysis that it finds to be “polarizing.” Richard Kim, executive editor Read more about Progressive Media Outlets—Including This One—Decry Facebook's Plan to Act as Gatekeeper of "Trustworthy" News[…]

Internet freedom defenders warned on Tuesday that with only 24 hours left before the Senate votes to possibly nullify the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) repeal of net neutrality, the vote is expected to be “excruciatingly close”—and urged net neutrality supporters to flood Capitol Hill’s phone lines and demand that lawmakers protect the Open Internet. Several Read more about 'Excruciatingly Close': With Just 24 Hours Until Crucial Vote, Net Neutrality Defenders Urged to Flood Senate Phone Lines[…]

Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s warning that “a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom,” the Poor People’s Campaign launched its third week of action in cities nationwide on Tuesday with the aim of confronting the American Read more about Hundreds Arrested Nationwide as Poor People's Campaign Demands 'End to the War Economy'[…]

The New York Democrat who stunned the city with a primary win this week said in an interview with late-night host Stephen Colbert Thursday that no one “should be too poor to live” in the United States. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made the comment after Colbert asked her what being a Democratic socialist meant to her. She defeated Read more about Ocasio-Cortez: No one 'should be too poor to live’ in America[…]

Sen. Bob MenendezRobert (Bob) MenendezGOP’s Obama-era probes fuel Senate angst Government watchdog: ‘No evidence’ Pompeo violated Hatch Act with Kansas trips No time to be selling arms to the Philippines MORE (D-N.J.) is facing a tightening race as he seeks to hold on to his Senate seat in the November midterm elections, according to a new Read more about Poll: Menendez faces tightening reelection race, leads GOP challenger by 6 points[…]

Surpassing a mark set during the peak of the Dust Bowl in 1934, the continental United States just had its hottest May on record thanks in large part to the human-caused climate crisis, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Wednesday. “For May, the average contiguous U.S. temperature was 65.4°F, 5.2°F above the Read more about Shattering Mark Set During Dust Bowl, US Just Had Hottest May Ever Recorded[…]

The oil baron billionaires Charles and David Koch are bankrolling astroturf campaigns across the United States to kill investment in public transit, according to a “must-read” investigation published Tuesday by the New York Times. “Stopping higher taxes is their rallying cry. But at the end of the day, fuel consumption helps them.”—Ashley Robbins, Virginia Tech Read more about The Koch Brothers Are Bankrolling Local Efforts to Kill American Public Transit[…]

Notorious billionaire and war profiteer Erik Prince, who founded the disgraced mercenary firm Blackwater, is once again appealing to President Donald Trump to privatize the 17-year-old war in Afghanistan. As the Trump White House is “preparing for a government-wide appraisal” of the war in the coming months—as Reuters reported Tuesday, citing “several current U.S. officials Read more about Notorious War Profiteer Erik Prince Refuses To Give Up Dream of Mercenary Takeover of Afghan War[…]

Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) on Monday unveiled draft legislation to overhaul the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in a move that conservationists warn could jeopardize the progress that’s been made through the landmark law and limit future initiatives to save various species from extinction. “It’s a bill which, on Read more about As GOP Pushes Overhaul, Conservationists Mobilize to Save 'Endangered Species Act From Extinction'[…]