In an interview with journalist Bill Moyers that will air Friday, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)—who has announced he is seriously considering a run for president in 2016—said that though voter turnout is key in order to keep Republicans and […]
SYDNEY – The recent blockade of ships entering the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle, Australia, has brought much-needed attention to the negative impacts of the fossil fuel industry on global climate patterns. But it will take more than a […]
Progressives celebrated on Wednesday as the U.S. House of Representatives failed to pass yet another Wall Street giveaway, rejecting by a slim margin legislation that would have gutted an important financial regulation embedded in the 2010 Dodd-Frank reform act. While […]
With tape symbolically strapped over their mouths, and holding signs demanding “stop the illegal threats,” dozens of workers on Thursday sat down amid the cash registers and merchandise racks of a Los Angeles Walmart store, in the first such work […]
Click:traditional chinese clothing fabric Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange appeared on the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London arm-in-arm with American scholar and activist Noam Chomsky on Tuesday. Assange has remained at the Embassy since 2012, when he was granted […]
The former president of Freedom Industries, the company responsible for a massive chemical spill in West Virginia in January, lied to investigators about his involvement with the company to protect his personal wealth, the FBI has said. In a complaint […]
A grand jury on Tuesday cleared a Houston police officer for the fatal shooting of Jordan Baker in January. Juventino Castro will not be charged for killing 26-year-old Baker, who was unarmed, in a decision that comes amid growing civil […]
President Barack Obama is facing renewed opposition to his effort to implement so-called “fast track” trade promotion authority, a power that would enable him to negotiate trade deals and speed them through Congress. Democrats are rallying a coalition of labor, […]
Declaring his belief in the power of like-minded rightwingers—who he termed “courageous conservatives”—to rise up in the name of “truth” and “liberty,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) became the first Republican to formally announce his candidacy for the 2016 presidential campaign […]
Cyril Abiteboul says tensions were high in the Renault camp during the Eifel GP, the Enstone squad fearing for Daniel Ricciardo during his run to the podium after an engine issue had sidelined teammate Esteban Ocon. Renault conquered at the […]