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Trump Spreads Alarm About Green New Deal: “They Want to Kill Our Cows”
Trump is making ludicrous claims to stoke panic about the Green New Deal, which would support local-scale agriculture.
Permafrost Is Already Thawing. Will It Tip the Scales in the Climate Crisis?
Across the northern hemisphere’s higher reaches, thawing permafrost could release billions of tons of carbon.
Trump Wants to Control the Judicial System, But Judges Are Fighting Back
Judges and former DOJ employees are criticizing Trump in ways that may prove hard for Senate Republicans to ignore.
Impunity for Torturers Made Trump’s Invulnerability Possible
If one administration can get away with torture, another can go unpunished for putting migrant children in cages.
Harvey Weinstein’s Defense Team Is Waging a War Against the #MeToo Movement
Deliberations begin today to determine whether disgraced movie mogul Weinstein is guilty of sexual assault.
New Film Shows How Biden Played Leading Role in Push for US to Invade Iraq
Center for Economic and Policy Research’s Mark Weisbrot exposes Biden’s central role in pushing for an Iraq invasion.
Bernie Sanders Gains Endorsement From Latinx Group as Nevada Caucus Nears
Saturday's Nevada caucuses are expected to turn out high numbers of Latinx voters in the state.
The Trump Administration Is Cutting Back Protections for Migratory Birds
The administration's proposed regulation is a drastic pullback from policies in force for the past 100 years.
Nevada Is a Big Test for Bernie Sanders’s Medicare for All Plan
Will Joe Biden’s attacks on Medicare for All backfire in the Silver State?
The Slave Trade Used to Be Legal. Let’s Not Glorify the Law.
While legal strategies have been important in achieving historic gains for Black people, so have illegal acts.