2022-06-22 19:34
News Image: Every Democrat and 14 Republicans in the Senate voted to consider bipartisan compromise gun safety legislation.
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2022-06-17 15:31
News Image: Sigal Chattah later claimed that her comment about Nevada Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford, who is Black, was 'tongue-in-cheek.'
Category: Electionsorigin Blog:&n&hell…Read More
2022-06-16 02:31
News Image: Large oil companies took in over $22 billion in profits in the first quarter of 2022 as gas prices have soared.
Category: Economyorigin Blog: The American Independ… Read More
2022-06-15 03:42
News Image: Did you know Joe Biden can help American workers right now, even without Congress?
Category: Opinionorigin Blog: Robert Reichorigin Author: Robert Reich Read More
2022-06-14 02:55
News Image: "Trump is a con man and a grifter," said one watchdog group. "He wasn't just selling the Big Lie, he was making sure to fundraise off of it."
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2022-06-13 03:11
News Image: A spate of high-profile mass shootings in the U.S. has sparked calls for Congress to look at imposing a ban on so-called assault weapons – covering the types of guns u… Read More
2022-06-09 13:58
News Image: "The specter of another January 6 still looms over the American political system," said one media critic. "If it comes to pass, everyone at Fox—and everyone who does b… Read More
2022-06-08 11:32
News Image: Here he offers five policy changes – based on the findings of psychology professor Paul Boxer – that can be implemented to reduce gun violence in schools.
Catego… Read More
2022-06-06 01:23
News Image: "Twenty-eight mass shootings in less than two weeks since Uvalde and we can't even get background checks included in a bipartisan gun reform package," said one progressive p… Read More
2022-06-03 18:16
News Image: These are troubling times at the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission. That means troubling and dangerous times for the miners of this country as well.
Category:… Read More
2022-05-31 15:04
News Image: Missouri Senator Josh Hawley doubled down with his Twitter comment: “No more handouts for woke corporations.”
Category: Businessorigin Blog: DCReportor… Read More
2022-05-26 15:49
News Image: "How many more children, mothers, and fathers need to be murdered in cold blood before the Senate has the guts to ban assault weapons and take on the NRA?" asked Sen. Bernie… Read More
2022-05-24 14:52
News Image: "This is radical. This is horrifying. This is extremely scary," said one public defender.
Category: Civil Rights & Social Justiceorigin Blog: Common Dreamsorig… Read More
2022-05-18 15:01
News Image: Pennsylvania, where a housing crisis was made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, stands to benefit from the plan announced by the White House on May 16.
Category: Economyo… Read More
2022-05-16 13:47
News Image: Mississippians on Medicaid lose coverage a mere 60 days after childbirth. “When women don’t have that coverage, what happens is they die,” says one expert… Read More
2022-05-12 19:20
News Image: With the Supreme Court approaching the start of summer, the justices will likely decide the court’s major remaining cases by late June.
origin Blog: Constitution… Read More
2022-05-09 18:01
News Image: Obergefell v. Hodges legalized same-sex marriage, and Lawrence v. Texas legalized same-sex relations.
Category: Civil Rights & Social Justiceorigin Blog: Right… Read More
2022-05-05 13:38
News Image: The conventional view doesn’t account for the Trump factor, which gives Democrats a fighting chance of keeping one or both chambers.
Category: Opinionorigin Blog:… Read More
2022-05-03 11:44
News Image: The push by conservative justices to overturn Roe v. Wade, said one abortion rights advocate, "is giving us an opportunity to show them how ungovernable we will be if they f… Read More
2022-05-02 18:32
News Image: Carlson's Fox News program was dubbed — accurately — as “what may be the most racist show in the history of cable news.”
Category: Mediaorigin B… Read More
2022-04-29 14:53
News Image: "Big Oil is intentionally profiteering off the war in Ukraine," said one campaigner. "We need a Big Oil windfall profits tax."
Category: Economyorigin Blog: Common… Read More
2022-04-27 12:18
News Image: One day after Elon Musk took over Twitter, a top European regulator gave the world's richest man a "reality check" about how they will respond if he loosens the platform's c… Read More
2022-04-19 20:19
News Image: "Investors are missing out on innovative sustainable technology and business opportunities that have been informed by tribal culture and customs, that with an infusion of ca… Read More
2022-04-18 11:34
News Image: "We reject the narrative that this country cannot afford to invest in a better world."
Category: Economyorigin Blog: Common Dreamsorigin Author: Jake Johnson Read More
2022-04-14 18:39
News Image: President Joe Biden's spending package has provided billions in funding for housing initiatives across the country.
Category: Economyorigin Blog: The American Inde… Read More
2022-04-11 17:35
News Image: A man said his friend asked if he’d ever go to a Biden rally. The response from the man standing before us: only through the crosshairs of one of his rifles.
Category:… Read More
2022-04-08 02:14
News Image: "The company violated the law in the first election, and did so again in this re-run election, without any doubt," declared the head of the Retail, Wholesale, and Department… Read More
2022-04-04 15:04
News Image: We are now looking at a labor market that is as strong as at any point in the last fifty years.
Category: Economyorigin Blog: Center for Economic Prosperityorigin… Read More
2022-03-31 15:58
News Image: "The GOP continues to suppress voting rights across the country," said one advocacy group. "Do you see what's happening in your state, Senator Sinema?"
Category: Electi… Read More
2022-03-30 11:56
News Image: In promoting his plan to “rescue America,” Sen. Rick Scott went too far in claiming that Medicare and Social Security will go “bankrupt."
Category: Fa… Read More
2022-03-28 14:09
News Image: "The hawks in Washington want to jack up the military budget and use Ukraine as an excuse," warned one analyst.
Category: Inside Washingtonorigin Blog: Common Drea… Read More
2022-03-25 02:04
News Image: The issue of critical race theory has been raised repeatedly in the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, specifically her passing mention of… Read More
2022-03-21 19:24
News Image: Already Rampant Cheating on Gift and Estate Taxes Encouraged
Category: Economyorigin Blog: DCReportorigin Author: David Cay Johnston Read More
2022-03-18 02:06
News Image: I used to believe several things about the twenty-first century that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump’s election in 2016 have shown me are false.
Cat… Read More
2022-03-14 15:40
News Image: The facts show that California attracts more capital, creates more wealth, generates jobs with better pay, suffers lower rates of work-related fatalities, and has safer stre… Read More
2022-03-11 13:27
News Image: "This is a bill to reduce gas prices and hold Big Oil accountable," said Rep. Ro Khanna, who led the measure in the U.S. House.
Category: Economyorigin Blog: Commo… Read More
2022-03-09 13:23
News Image: Recent polls show President Joe Biden's approval rating is up, despite Republican criticism of his response to the Russian invasion.
Category: POTUSorigin Blog: Th… Read More
2022-03-07 18:14
News Image: Putin's invasion points to a serious issue we're completely ignoring.
Category: Internationalorigin Blog: DCReportorigin Author: David Cay Johnston Read More
2022-03-02 13:15
News Image: Unarmed Ukrainians changing road signs, blocking tanks, and confronting the Russian military are showing their bravery and strategic brilliance.
Category: Warorigin Blo… Read More
2022-03-01 19:15
News Image: Everybody's ignoring the deeper structural reason for price increases: the concentration of the American economy into the hands of a few corporate giants with the power to r… Read More
2022-02-28 19:56
News Image: His praise for the ruthless dictator should not surprise anyone—but the future implications if Trump runs and wins back the presidency must be fathomed.
Category: &hell…Read More
2022-02-25 02:50
News Image: Meanwhile, Donald Trump has repeatedly lauded Vladimir Putin's 'smart' attack.
Category: Internationalorigin Blog: The American Independentorigin Author: Josh… Read More
2022-02-22 14:53
News Image: Researchers say the state-level laws "should be reconsidered to prevent unnecessary violent deaths."
Category: Guns in Americaorigin Blog: Common Dreamsorigin Auth… Read More
2022-02-21 14:30
News Image: The Congressional Leadership Fund is spending $600,000 to get Morgan Luttrell elected.
Category: Electionsorigin Blog: The American Independentorigin Author: … Read More
2022-02-18 15:25
News Image: Critics have accused South Dakota's Kristi Noem—who's expected to run for president—of "playing games with vulnerable children."
Category: Civil Rights &&hell…Read More
2022-02-16 16:12
News Image: South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune proposed a federal gas tax holiday in 2006. Now he's criticizing Democratic colleagues for doing the same thing in 2022.
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2022-02-14 20:06
News Image: Trump Era’s $1 Fines Against Banks Replaced by Real Enforcement
Category: Economyorigin Blog: DCReportorigin Author: David Cay Johnston Read More
2022-02-11 13:15
News Image: Living organ donors are never supposed to be billed for transplant-related care. NorthStar Anesthesia charged one donor over $13,000 and nearly sent his bill to collections… Read More
2022-02-09 18:44
News Image: "You deserve a working Post Office," said Rep. Bill Pascrell. "The Senate should get off its rear and pass this now."
Category: Economyorigin Blog: Common Dreamsor… Read More
2022-02-03 19:41
News Image: Something doesn’t make sense about Jeff Zucker’s sudden departure from CNN.
Category: Mediaorigin Blog: Media Nationorigin Author: Dan Kennedy Read More
2022-01-31 15:34
News Image: "How many more Americans have to die and suffer before Congress has the guts to end this greed?" asked Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Category: Health Careorigin Blog: Commo… Read More
2022-01-28 15:01
News Image: What can possibly explain Manchin’s and Sinema’s votes against voting rights?
Category: Opinionorigin Blog: Robert Reichorigin Author: Robert Reic… Read More
2022-01-26 20:14
News Image: The key aspect that makes democracies work is the peaceful transfer of power from one party to another.
Category: Opinionorigin Blog: Yes! Magazineorigin Author:&n&hell…Read More
2022-01-24 21:19
News Image: "We will vigorously defend access and opportunity in higher education," said head of civil rights legal group.
Category: SCOTUSorigin Blog: Common Dreamsorigin Aut… Read More
2022-01-19 17:03
News Image: Longtime Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg refused a similar number of questions, citing his right to not self-incriminate.
Category: Inside Washingtonorigin Blo… Read More
2022-01-14 14:45
News Image: On Wednesday, Fox News used a 2011 photo taken in Japan to attack Biden for 'empty shelves.'
Category: Fact Checkorigin Blog: The American Independentorigin Author… Read More
2022-01-11 03:29
News Image: Congress Approved an Experiment, but the White House Is Going for a Total Makeover of Medicare Favoring Wall Streeters
Category: Health Careorigin Blog: DCReportor… Read More
2022-01-07 19:11
News Image: "This is the policy that is most geared to stop all this," liberal Justice Elena Kagan argued in defense of the vaccination requirements. "Why isn't this necessary and grave… Read More
2022-01-04 19:56
News Image: "The meat processing industry is one of the worst offenders of these monopolistic, unfair practices."
Category: Economyorigin Blog: Common Dreamsorigin Author:&nbs&hell…Read More
2022-01-03 20:00
News Image: Black Georgians deserve fair representation — so the ACLU is challenging the state's discriminatory maps in court.
origin Blog: American Civil Liberties Unionorig… Read More
2021-12-28 19:28
News Image: To help us make sense of the opaque poultry supply chain, hundreds of ProPublica readers sent in details about their chickens and turkeys. Here’s what we learned.
Cate… Read More
2021-12-24 18:46
News Image: Sen. Bernie Sanders pointed out that "unlike the bloated military budget that Manchin recently voted for," the reconciliation bill is funded by tax hikes on the wealthy.
Cat… Read More
2021-12-20 20:41
News Image: The Senate majority leader also plans to take up voting rights legislation in January.
Category: Inside Washingtonorigin Blog: The American Independentorigin Autho… Read More
2021-12-17 13:11
News Image: Officials in Pima County, Arizona, have insisted they do not have the authority to release inmates from jails in response to staffing shortages.
Category: Coronavirusor… Read More
2021-12-15 21:10
News Image: "Plants and wildlife are going extinct at an unprecedented rate, and it's way past time for our elected leaders to take bold action to protect our planet and all its inhabit… Read More
2021-12-13 03:32
News Image: "Requiring workers to work through such a major tornado warning event as this was inexcusable."
origin Blog: Common Dreamsorigin Author: Andrea Germanos Read More
2021-12-07 17:26
News Image: Russian sanctions, says the White House. Anti-gun policy, say the gun nuts.
Category: Guns in Americaorigin Blog: DCReportorigin Author: Sarah Okeson Read More
2021-12-03 04:19
News Image: Dr. Kevin Baumlin, who is also running for Senate in Pennsylvania, said Oz's past comments on COVID-19 are 'offensive and borderline malpractice.'
Category: Electionsor… Read More
2021-12-01 17:41
News Image: Sisco, who is running in the Republican primary in West Virginia, wants to dissolve the FBI and bragged about attending Stop The Steal rallies.
Category: Electionsorigi… Read More
2021-11-30 15:00
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Category: Mediaorigin Blog: ProPublicaorigin Author: Craig Silverman and Isaac Arnsdorf Read More
2021-11-29 20:00
News Image: The GOP is reviving one of Donald Trump's debunked 2020 campaign lies.
Category: Fact Checkorigin Blog: The American Independentorigin Author: Josh Israel Read More
2021-11-26 13:15
News Image: Inflation has become the latest excuse trotted out to try and sideline Biden's economic agenda.
Category: Economyorigin Blog: Yes! Magazineorigin Author: Chri… Read More
2021-11-22 19:11
News Image: A new report calls the rejection of the 2020 election results by many in the Republican Party as an "historic turning point" for the United States.
Category: Electionso… Read More
2021-11-17 20:17
News Image: It turns out that John Eastman wasn’t the only right-wing attorney urging former Vice President Mike Pence to effectively throw the election to former President Donald… Read More
2021-11-15 20:27
News Image: "Manchin thinks being pro-labor is un-American."
origin Blog: Common Dreamsorigin Author: Julia Conley Read More
2021-11-11 13:49
News Image: The trucking industry is far less unionized than it was back in the 1970s, making it a lot less lucrative. It’s not surprising that workers aren't lining up for the jo… Read More
2021-11-10 15:00
News Image: Excluding federal scientists as co-inventors "could have important public health consequences," warned one expert.
Category: Coronavirusorigin Blog: Common Dreamso… Read More
2021-11-08 18:28
News Image: Senate GOP campaign chief Rick Scott went to bat for Republicans who take credit for popular bills they voted against.
Category: Inside Washingtonorigin Blog: The… Read More
2021-11-03 12:19
News Image: "It's conservative Dems who've ensured that every day for the last several months the headlines are about how we aren't delivering paid leave, prescription drug reform, elde… Read More
2021-11-01 16:49
News Image: Have we just about decided that the further accumulation of billionaire fortunes makes for good public policy?
Category: Opinionorigin Blog: Inequity.orgorigin Aut… Read More
2021-10-29 15:06
News Image: Fox's latest fearmongering image placed crosshairs over people at a school board meeting.
Category: Mediaorigin Blog: The American Independentorigin Author: O… Read More
2021-10-27 13:38
News Image: The research, which the NIH maintains is not gain-of-function, could not have led to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Category: Fact Checkorigin Blog: F… Read More
2021-10-25 18:05
News Image: On November 3, justices will take up their first substantive Second Amendment case in 11 years.
Category: Guns in Americaorigin Blog: Constitution Dailyorigin Auth… Read More
2021-10-21 19:26
News Image: A minor infraction cost me my driver’s license, my job, thousands of dollars, and over a decade entangled with a system that punishes poverty.
Category: Opinionor… Read More
2021-10-20 19:10
News Image: Why is it controversial to spend on social programs but not the Pentagon? Or to subsidize the poor but not the rich?
Category: Opinionorigin Blog: Other Wordsorigi… Read More
2021-10-18 19:02
News Image: Unvaccinated Americans are 11 times more likely to die from the virus than their vaccinated peers, recent CDC data shows.
Category: Health Careorigin Blog: The Ame… Read More
2021-10-15 13:19
News Image: "The more sway mega-corporations have over our economy, the more power they have to gouge customers, squeeze Main Street, and exploit workers."
Category: Economyorigin… Read More
2021-10-13 17:05
News Image: The infrastructure bill would create a voluntary pilot program aimed at studying per-mile user fees to fund the Highway Trust Fund. The bill does not include a “drivin… Read More
2021-10-12 17:22
News Image: Politicians are using every trick in the book in their attempts to force people to stay pregnant against their will — and they’re trying to recruit the Supreme C… Read More
2021-10-08 12:22
News Image: "Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema's efforts to scale back Build Back Better can only leave working families worse off."
Category: Inside Washingtonorigin Blog:&n&hell…Read More
2021-10-07 13:11
News Image: Poverty is a policy choice.
Category: Opinionorigin Blog: Robert Reichorigin Author: Robert Reich Read More
2021-10-05 17:01
News Image: With six conservatives, there is little need to find common ground when one of the six is reluctant to join the other five, and no incentive to do so with the three liberal… Read More
2021-10-04 18:06
News Image: Could this be the beginning of the end for Facebook?
Category: Technologyorigin Blog: Media Nationorigin Author: Dan Kennedy Read More
2021-09-30 20:02
News Image: "Ignoring the brutal fiscal reality of the working class for decades has made West Virginia one of the poorest states in America," Warren Gunnels retorted.
Category: Ec… Read More
2021-09-29 19:11
News Image: "President Biden has the power to remake the postal governing board and remove DeJoy. He must act."
Category: Inside Washingtonorigin Blog: Common Dreamsorigin Aut… Read More
2021-09-28 19:30
News Image: Secret IRS records show billionaires use trusts that let them pass fortunes to their heirs without paying estate tax. Will Congress end a tax shelter that has cost the Treas… Read More
2021-09-24 13:03
News Image: The results of the monthslong, scandal-ridden election audit in Arizona will be released right before the start of the weekend — a tactic known in politics as a 'news… Read More
2021-09-23 17:20
News Image: "Poll after poll tells me, and tells you, that what we are trying to do is enormously popular."
Category: Economyorigin Blog: Common Dreamsorigin Author: Jake… Read More
2021-09-21 17:54
News Image: Folks who make at least $100,000 per day would bear 86% of the cost of Biden’s human infrastructure plan.
Category: Economyorigin Blog: DCReportorigin Author… Read More
2021-09-20 17:33
News Image: Karen Fann, president of the GOP-led state Senate, called the decision to place the burden on taxpayers a 'win.'
Category: Electionsorigin Blog: The American Indep… Read More
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