USAID Faces Mounting Pressure to Remove Latest Trump Appointee With History of Islamophobic Remarks
“It is clear that anti-Muslim bigotry has a home in the Trump administration.”
Politics
Voices
Hidden Video and Whistleblower Reveal Gruesome Mass-Extermination Method for Iowa Pigs Amid Pandemic
Pigs are being slowly suffocated and roasted to death by an agricultural industry that relies on secrecy.
Protests for Black Lives
Racist History Behind Trump's Threat to Shoot Minneapolis Protesters Spurs Twitter to Act
Donald Trump's bloodthirsty threat to have protesters in Minneapolis shot echoed the words used by a racist Miami police chief in the 1960s.
Right-Wing Group Seeks to Purge Up to 800,000 Voters in Pennsylvania, a Key Battleground State
Under pressure from Judicial Watch, three states have initiated proceedings to remove close to 2 million voters from their rolls in the last two years.
Left-Right Alliance Takes Aim at Surveillance Bill
Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi, allied on surveillance, face intense opposition from their wings — and from Donald Trump.
Voices
It’s Official: 100,000 Are Dead of Covid-19 in America, and Their Blood Is on Trump’s Hands
Most of the coronavirus deaths could have been avoided if Trump had enacted social-distancing measures sooner.
Tlaib Opponent Brenda Jones Collected Campaign Contributions From Quicken Loans Executives as Public Subsidies Flowed
Jones received $25,000 in contributions, while Dan Gilbert, Michigan’s richest man, has accumulated over half a billion dollars in public subsidies.
The Coronavirus Crisis
How the Fed Bailed Out the Investor Class Without Spending a Cent
Just announcing $4.5 trillion in future spending to support securities markets was enough to keep investors protected from the downsides of the pandemic.
At Debate, Progressive Jamaal Bowman Hits Israel Hawk Eliot Engel’s Defense Industry Backing
“He’s taken more money from weapons manufacturers than 144 Republicans in the House,” Bowman, Engel's most serious challenger, said in a recent debate.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Despite the Hype, Gilead's Remdesivir Will Do Nothing to End the Coronavirus Pandemic
A combination of generic drugs appears to be more effective in fighting the coronavirus than Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir.