Under Pressure from Democratic Caucus, House Leadership Promises to Bring Pro-Labor Bill to Floor
Democratic House leaders will call a vote on the popular PRO Act, the most comprehensive rewrite of U.S. labor law in decades.
Politics
Factory Farm Industry Quietly Lobbies California Officials to Criminalize Animal Rescue Activism
Records show that the California Farm Bureau has been working behind closed doors to limit legal exemptions for Direct Action Everywhere’s open rescues.
Progressive Coalition Makes the Case for Unity in the Democratic Primary
Warren and Sanders aren’t necessarily competing for the same voters; some argue the path to the left seizing the Democratic nomination lies in cooperation.
Targeting Iran
Trump Administration Failed to Convince Members of Congress Its Assassination of Suleimani Was Justified
Members on both sides of the aisle were unimpressed with classified briefings and disputed the Trump administration’s legal rationale for the assassination.
Mike Bloomberg Says He’s Immune to Corporate Influence. His Campaign Is Managed by Lobbyists.
Bloomberg isn’t accepting donations — corporate or otherwise. But many of his staff and advisers have worked as prominent consultants and lobbyists for corporate interests.
Joe Biden’s Role in Creating the Student Debt Crisis Stretches Back to the 1970s
As a senator, Joe Biden supported several bills that contributed to the rise in borrowing from $1.8 billion in 1977 to $12 billion in 1989.
Targeting Iran
VOA Persian Awarded Journalism Contract to Controversial Former Trump Campaign Operative
Since 2016, the U.S. government-funded news outlet has turned to “blatant propaganda” designed to promote regime change in Iran.
Joe Biden, Five Years Before Invasion, Said the Only Way of Disarming Iraq Is "Taking Saddam Down"
At a 1998 Senate hearing, Biden argued that “taking this son of a — taking Saddam down" was the only way to guarantee Iraq’s disarmament.
Targeting Iran
TV Pundits Praising Suleimani Assassination Neglect to Disclose Ties to Arms Industry
David Petraeus, Jack Keane, Van Hipp, John Negroponte, and Jeh Johnson all celebrate President Donald Trump’s decision to assassinate Qassim Suleimani.
The War on Immigrants
At Boston Immigration Court, ICE Must Now Justify Detaining Noncitizens — Reversing Decades of Precedent
ICE attorneys are now required to prove that a noncitizen poses a danger or flight risk in order for the court to deny bond.