Bernie Sanders’s Lonely 2017 Battle to Stop Iran Sanctions and Save the Nuclear Deal
With Iran tensions soaring, Bernie Sanders stands as a leading anti-war candidate — and a 2017 fight over sanctions bolsters his case.
Politics
Don’t Take the Bait, Progressive Leaders Warn, After Sanders-Warren Spat Overtakes the News Cycle
Leaders from several progressive groups, including Indivisible and MoveOn, called on the candidates to cease attacking each other and focus on the issues.
Fact Check: Joe Biden Has Advocated Cutting Social Security for 40 Years
“I tried with Senator Grassley back in the 1980s to freeze all government spending, including Social Security, including everything,” Biden said in 1995.
How Massive Donations From Howard G. Buffett Helped Block the Opening of a Pot Dispensary in Illinois
Buffett’s foundation has donated tens of millions of dollars to law enforcement programs and drug rehabilitation efforts in Decatur, Illinois.
Joe Biden Is Getting Millions of Dollars of Air Cover in Iowa From Undisclosed Donors
Biden’s Super PAC, Unite the Country, does not have to disclose its donors until January 31 — three days before the much-awaited Iowa caucus.
Targeting Iran
Republicans Smear Democrats for Calling the Killing of Qassim Suleimani an Assassination
Why is the media hounding Democrats who accurately call the killing of a general from a nation the United States has not declared war on an assassination?
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.
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.