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On February 6, Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced a resolution in Congress stating that former President Trump did not incite an insurrection on January 6th, 2021. This is MAGA extremism in Congress. At every opportunity, election deniers like Speaker Mike...

Fossil fuel companies have known about the threat of the climate crisis since the 1970s, when the industry predicted global warming with incredible accuracy. They then decided to lie for decades. Big Fossil Fuel has spent billions to spread doubt and...

The right to vote—a cornerstone of our freedoms—is under attack. Legal challenges are threatening to roll back the clock on voting accessibility, targeting mail ballot deadlines that are essential for ensuring every voice is heard. Mail voting offers a...

Courts and election officials in various states have issued rulings on Trump's eligibility to serve as president based on the 14th Amendment for inciting the January 6 Capitol attack. While Colorado's Supreme Court and Maine's secretary of state found...

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law by President Biden in August 2022, provided the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with approximately $79.4 billion in supplemental funding. After being underfunded for decades, this sorely needed infusion of...

Social Security is the most important source of retirement income for a vast majority of Americans. Nearly half of Americans do not have access to or have no acquired retirement savings otherwise, making Social Security even more essential to retirement...

Taylor Swift is one of the most successful pop stars of all time, joining the ranks of Elvis Presley and the Beatles. And she has used her fame to help inspire young people to vote. When she posted on Instagram in September for National Voter Registration...

After reversing Roe v. Wade in 2022, the Supreme Court is now taking up a new case that will decide if and how patients can access mifepristone, the commonly used abortion pill. They are set to hear the case in March 2024. Mifepristone, when used in...

Across the U.S., momentum is growing to ban natural hair-based discrimination for good, a movement underscored by the introduction of the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act (CROWN Act). The CROWN Act bans discrimination based on an...

On April 22, 2024, the United States Supreme Court will begin to hear arguments for Johnson v. the City of Grants Pass, the first major case on homelessness to be heard by the Supreme Court since the 1980s. Grants Pass, a city in Oregon of 48,000 people,...

The U.S. Senate has passed a $95 billion foreign aid bill with bipartisan support, which includes desperately needed funds for Ukraine. But in the Republican-controlled House, Speaker Mike Johnson is too afraid of Donald Trump to bring it to a vote. ...

In what proved to be a shock to no one, the GOP’s “highly credible source” that served as a basis for their impeachment inquiry into President Biden has now been charged for lying and falsifying those claims against the president and his son, Hunter. To...

Our government must listen to the voices of its people rather than being dominated by the wealthy and corporate elites. Congress must act decisively to safeguard our freedom to vote. This means endorsing the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting...

Under Trump-holdover Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s failing leadership, Americans have seen slower mail deliveries and increased costs. There have been five rate increases since 2020. Additionally, slashing U.S. Postal Service jobs, coupled with closing...

Libs of TikTok, an extremist social media group run by Chaya Raichik, espouses hateful, dangerous threats and disinformation that have disturbingly resulted in bomb threats and even deaths. So why are they still allowed platforms to continue pushing...

Donald Trump doesn't get it. Despite facing four indictments and 91 criminal charges, he still believes he's covered by presidential immunity. But the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed. In a 3-0 decision on February 6, the panel of judges wrote: "It...

The need for an accessible, straightforward tax filing method is a fundamental right, not a privilege. It's time to advocate for a change that benefits all, not just the few. Many popular tax preparation tools, like those provided by H&R Block and...

The U.S. Supreme Court ripped away critical student debt relief from 40 million borrowers when they ruled in favor of right-wing state officials in Biden v. Nebraska, formally blocking President Biden’s plan to use emergency powers to cancel up to $20,000...

The Republican Party is in shambles, and they have no one to blame but themselves. Just consider how much humiliation they suffered in the span of 24 hours. First, Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell helped kill a compromise on the U.S.-Mexico border that...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott continues his immoral, unacceptable, and inhumane treatment of asylum seekers. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the federal government can remove a razor wire barrier–one responsible for deaths of migrants– Abbott installed along...

House Republicans have voted through a baseless impeachment of Biden's Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. They had no real grounds for this. It's all just a political stunt to try to help Donald Trump's chances in November and distract...

An alarming increase in child labor violations—with cases soaring by 283% since 2015—and heart-wrenching stories of young lives lost in preventable workplace accidents highlight the critical need for child labor reform. Yet, GOP lawmakers are attempting to...

Transgender youth across the United States are facing an unprecedented wave of legislative attacks. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in bills targeting the LGBTQ+ community, particularly transgender youth. These legislative efforts...

Fourteen years ago, on January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court issued its landmark Citizens United v. FEC decision. This ruling equated the free speech rights of individuals to corporations, opening the door to unlimited corporate spending in elections. Since...

Donald Trump's extremist, hateful rhetoric is getting worse—and if we're not careful, it could get him elected president next year. But the media is ignoring the threat. A recent study showed they covered Hillary Clinton's 2016 comment about "deplorables"...

The Supreme Court has shamefully caved to convicted felon Donald Trump, handing him exactly what he desired. In a decision that gravely undermines American democracy, the Supreme Court, in a historic 6-3 decision concerning Donald Trump's appeal for...

Fifty-one years ago, on January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, protecting the constitutional right to reproductive health choices. Americans had the constitutional right to abortion for nearly 50 years. Then, two...

The only thing Donald Trump accomplished as president was cutting taxes for the ultra wealthy. His 2017 tax cut made the rich richer at the expense of everyone else, and we could expect even more of that should he ever make it back to the White House. ...

Comedian Jon Stewart will return to the Daily Show on Comedy Central, after a nearly ten-year absence. He will host on Monday nights throughout the 2024 election season (beginning on February 12th), and will serve as executive producer for the show. This...

The United States generates enough plastic waste (PDF) to fill a football stadium 1.5 times EVERY DAY. Enough plastic enters our oceans annually to stack five grocery bags on every foot of coastline around the globe. Only 8% of this plastic is recycled,...

After House Republicans embarrassed themselves for weeks before picking a new Speaker, they settled on a relative unknown—Rep. Mike Johnson—hoping to hide their extremism. Make no mistake about it. The GOP choice for Speaker is Jim Jordan with a jacket...

Without Congress approving additional funds to help Ukraine, the United States will soon run out of money. But Republicans are stalling this aid by demanding draconian asylum, parole and detention policies at the U.S.-Mexico border. This is unacceptable....

The recent announcement by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, proposing a substantial reduction in funding for Richmond Public Schools, highlights a concerning trend emerging across the nation that our children's education isn't a priority. At a time when...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott continues his despicable political stunt using human beings as pawns: Abbott is putting thousands of migrants, asylum-seekers, on buses and planes to D.C., Chicago, Denver, New York, Martha’s Vineyard, Los Angeles, Sacramento…...

Johnson & Johnson concealed links between their product and increased risks of cancer. They must now pay a $700 million settlement to resolve claims from over 40 U.S. states, addressing allegations of improper marketing of its talc-based baby powder....

Congress has announced a bipartisan tax policy agreement that would expand the Child Tax Credit for about 80% of families with low incomes who now do not receive the full credit. If passed, this would provide relief to millions. Congress expanded the...

It’s official: 2023 was the hottest year on record. And sadly, we hit that achievement by a large, and frightening, margin. We are in the midst of the global climate crisis, and this will continue to exacerbate so long as inaction plays front and center. ...

Despite years of protests and advocacy, the shadow of police brutality looms large over our country, with communities of color bearing a disproportionate burden. In response, the Congressional Black Caucus is courageously confronting the pivotal issue of...

The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump's involvement in the January 6th insurrection makes him ineligible to run for president. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution, written after the Civil War to prevent ex-Confederates from holding...

President Biden's initial judicial nominations marked a promising start towards a more representative judiciary and a repair to the damage caused by Trump appointments. His choices, including trailblazers like Ketanji Brown Jackson, brought much-needed...

In the wake of the heart-wrenching ordeal faced by Kate Cox in Texas, it's become clear that abortion bans are cruel, painful, and inhumane. Kate's story is a stark reminder of the pain and suffering inflicted by such restrictive laws. Kate Cox, a...

Democrats are challenging the Biden administration to decriminalize marijuana. The Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services has recommended reclassifying cannabis, or marijuana, from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled...

Clarence Thomas must be impeached. Thomas' exploitation of his position for personal luxury – including cruises, private jets, and resort vacations funded by Crow – is just the tip of the iceberg in his ethical lapses. His refusal to recuse...

Partisan gerrymandering, the practice of drawing electoral maps to unfairly favor a political party, is as undemocratic as it gets. Republicans in recent years have increasingly engaged in this undemocratic tactic rather than trusting voters to make their...

It has been almost 18 months since the U.S. Supreme Court's disastrous overturn of Roe v. Wade. With the rollbacks of protections to our bodily autonomy and the stripping of our constitutional right to access abortions, we continue to face unrelenting...

We all know that Fox News lies, distorts and manipulates to serve a right-wing agenda. What's even worse, though, is studies have shown watching Fox News makes you less informed about politics than if you just stopped watching the news altogether. ...

Project 2025–an initiative to take over the federal government orchestrated by conservative think tanks, including The Heritage Foundation–embodies the most extreme elements of right-wing extremism, threatening to destabilize our country's precarious...

The January 6 insurrection was a direct attack on the foundation of our democratic institutions, only made worse by the fact that the former sitting president, Donald Trump, incited the violence that day. Trump's actions and his continued propagation of...

Despite a year of investigations which failed to turn up any wrongdoing, the MAGA-led House has launched an impeachment inquiry of President Biden. House Republicans are taking marching orders from Donald Trump. One member even said they did this to give...

It has been two years since President Biden & Congress passed the $1 trillion infrastructure law that funded key transportation projects, housing, schools, internet, and community health care in all 50 states. And now that voters are seeing the...