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Hegseth seems to represent the attitude that security is about being the toughest guy out there, security is about winning, and the pursuit of...
Those with the power to act need to finally wake up, to insist that corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share.
Now is the time to make our voices heard before the haze, smog, and soot choke the sky for good and while there is still time remaining for the...
By pitting Black and Brown communities against each other, shadow actors promote the false notion that democracy and equality are in competition...
Measures like controlled burns, increased funding for fire departments, and more thoughtful residential planning can help California going forward,...
Biden and his team will not be remembered for brokering peace but for enabling and facilitating policies that allowed Israel’s genocide to...
While the slide into authoritarianism has perhaps reached the point of no return, which we cannot know for certain, now might instead be regarded...
The truth of the matter is that every day for the past year, Biden could have secured a cease-fire by using America’s vast leverage, and every day...
A system that collects money from patients and employers then profits by withholding the promised care is not a business but a fraudulent,...
A new report tracks the monthly wealth of fossil fuel billionaires.
This bill would strip judges of discretion and require immigrants to be detained and subject to deportation if they’re accused—not even...
What Trump's nominee to be Attorney General claims she doesn't know about birthright citizenship should frighten us all.
In another class move from perennially envious 12-year-old Fuhrer-elect Trump, he announced MAGA actors Jon Voight, Mel Gibson and Sylvester...
The United States holds immense leverage over Israel. It is crucial to question whether the Trump administration will use it effectively to ensure...
What Congress is telling the world is that being a person or company that simply has origins in Asia is enough to be labeled a national security...
It didn't have to be this way. And yet the Democratic Party's failures were easy to see every step of the way. Let us count the ways.
Early signs already indicate that the second Trump administration will, at the very least, further enable illegal Israeli expansion, especially...
We are demanding that every member of Congress, starting with the members of the DOGE Caucus, pledge to protect Social Security, Medicare, and...
Pam Bondi has a worrying history of receiving support from corporate actors before seemingly using her power to shield them from legal action.
Segregated, subminimum wage jobs deprive disabled people of the chance to know what we’re capable of when our needs are valued and met.
The psychological weight of these days and sleepless nights is as heavy as the biting cold. The tent, though it offers minimal shelter, feels like...
One wonders if the world had paid even the slightest attention to Gaza and the cries of people trapped behind walls, barbed wire, and electric...
If progressives want to slow this speeding train heading toward single-party rule of America, they must get with the program and begin to support...
With confirmation hearings soon to begin for Kennedy and other healthcare department heads with similar views about to begin, the threat of future...
Millions more people will die before anything close to enough "there-ness" occurs throughout the populace to prompt enough people to stand for change.
Despite exceptional coverage at times, what was most profoundly important about war in Gaza—what it was like to be terrorized, massacred, maimed,...
The former senator’s continuing prominence in debates over nuclear policy is a testament to our historical amnesia about the risks posed by...
I will protest the nomination of Fox News commentator and Trump’s buddy Pete Hegseth to lead the DOD over sexual assault allegations, his views...
A Trump-Turner housing agenda appears destined to continue the worst aspects of our nation’s approach to affordable housing: a relentless diversion...
Given serious concerns about his qualifications, dangerous beliefs and values, and lack of meaningful track record, Hegseth is a poor choice for...
With scant political opposition, the new Republican-controlled Congress and Trump White House will undoubtedly only double down on material support...
One of the Rams’ corporate sponsors is an affiliate of Shell Oil, one of the worst carbon polluters on the planet.