After a couple hundred white supremacists marched across the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville with store-bought Tiki torches Friday night, their rally descended into violence after fights broke out with UVA students and others who have also organized this weekend to oppose and denounce the hate-fueled gathering which its right-wing organizers have dubbed “Unite …
As residents of Southern Texas and Louisiana fled the life-threatening category 4 hurricane charging toward the Gulf Coast Friday evening—the strongest to hit the U.S. in over a decade—the Trump administration made three major announcements, in what many have deemed “flagrant” attempts to bury controversial news. “To be clear, this isn’t a normal Friday news …
Speaking with reporters as Hurricane Irma barreled up Florida’s Gulf Coast on Sunday, Pope Francis bolstered his reputation as an outspoken advocate of addressing man-made global warming when he said aboard the papal plane that “history will judge” climate change deniers. “If someone is doubtful that this is true, they should ask scientists. Then each …
Nearly a year has passed since the Democratic Party’s disastrous losses in the 2016 presidential and congressional elections, and there has still been no public reckoning from the party itself—no detailed account of what took place and how to move forward. With a report published Monday, however, a task force comprised of RootsAction.org co-founder Norman …
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court released a new congressional map on Monday after the previous map was found to be a result of unconstitutional gerrymandering from Republicans. The map, which was approved in a 4-3 vote, is set to go into effect in time for the state’s May 15 primaries. Pennsylvania’s current map is considered to be one …
A group associated with billionaire conservative donors Charles and David Koch is putting $1.6 million behind two advertisements attacking Wisconsin Sen. Tammy BaldwinTammy Suzanne BaldwinBiden launches program to turn out LGBTQ vote We need a ‘9-1-1’ for mental health — we need ‘9-8-8’ Democrats introduce bill to rein in Trump’s power under Insurrection Act MORE …
Click:prevent hairloss A Democratic nonprofit on Tuesday announced that it is expanding its six-figure ad campaign to make the case against the GOP tax law ahead of November’s midterm elections. Majority Forward, the nonprofit arm of Senate Majority PAC, said it will now run digital ads in Pennsylvania and Michigan, in addition to Ohio, North Dakota, Florida, Nevada, Arizona, …
A dam failure in Puerto Rico has sent tens of thousands of people fleeing the rushing waters that are threatening downstream communities in the wake of torrential rains unleashed by Hurricane Maria. Fears had grown overnight and evacuations had begun, but footage showed the dam, located in northwest city of Guajataca, failing and a spillway …
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, at a time when, as the committee said, “the risk of nuclear weapons being used is greater than it has been for a long time.” ICAN was granted the award “for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic …
A letter signed by more than 140 women who work in California’s legislature has shed light this week on the widespread nature of sexual harassment in many kinds of workplaces, in the wake of mounting allegations of sexual misconduct in the film industry and the #MeToo demonstration that garnered attention on social media this week. …
