Democrats Running for President Are Waking Up to the Danger of War With Iran
Four of the seven senators who’ve joined the 2020 race have signed onto a bill that would prohibit the U.S. military from spending money to attack Iran.
Politics
A Major Coal Company Went Bust. Its Bankruptcy Filing Shows That It Was Funding Climate Change Denialism.
Cloud Peak Energy gave contributions to leading think tanks that have attacked the link between the burning of fossil fuels and climate change.
GOP-Led Efforts to Crush Unions Have a New Target: Home Health Care Workers
Five states are suing the Trump administration for a rule that would impede home care workers’ ability to deduct union fees from Medicaid-funded paychecks.
Voices
Across the Country, Progressives Are Pushing for Universal Rent Control — and New York Is Next
What was once a left-wing pipe dream of “universal rent control” is on the table in a package of nine bills.
The War on Immigrants
Some Adoptees Are Undocumented Because Their Parents Forgot to Fill Out a Form. Now Congress Is Taking Action.
Between 25,000 and 49,000 people who were adopted by American parents as children live in fear of deportation because they never got citizenship.
After Introducing Criminal Justice Reform Platform, Amy Klobuchar Pushes Hundreds of Millions More Dollars for Police
Amy Klobuchar is pushing a bill to authorize $400 million a year for hiring under a community policing program known as COPS, opposed by key reform groups.
Heidi Heitkamp and Joe Donnelly's Rural Voter Project Tied to Medicare for All Opponents
Records show the One Country Project’s website is registered to an executive at Forbes Tate Partners, a lobbying and PR firm battling Medicare for All.
Sunrise Movement Calls for Mass Climate Demonstration Outside Democratic Debate in Detroit
Sunrise Movement activists were joined by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, and Ed Markey at the final stop on the group’s road trip.
Liberian Refugee Wilmot Collins, Mayor of Helena, Launches Bid for Montana Senate Seat
Collins has been in Montana since 1994 and was elected the state's first black mayor with support from Trump voters.
Newest Beto O'Rourke Hire Lobbied for Keystone XL, Seaworld, and Private Prisons
Beto O’Rourke's hiring of Jeff Berman is the latest step his presidential campaign has taken away from the insurgent energy of his Senate run.