Month: October 2020

The race is far from over, Bernie Sanders told his supporters on Saturday night, after news outlets projected a big win for Hillary Clinton in the South Carolina Democratic primary. “Let me be clear on one thing tonight,” Sanders said in a statement just after 7 pm EST. “This campaign is just beginning. We wonRead moreRead more

With Flint’s water supply still tainted and undrinkable, one advocacy group is spotlighting the benefits of publicly owned, locally managed water systems, which it says could help ensure that the Michigan health crisis doesn’t repeat itself across the country. In a new survey (pdf), the largest of its kind, Food & Water Watch (FWW) documentsRead moreRead more

Another questionable salvo aimed at detracting support from rival Bernie Sanders may have come back to wound Hillary Clinton on Saturday after comments about his stance on healthcare reform efforts in the 1990’s was countered by a flood of evidence which revealed exactly “where he was” on the issue. As political correspondent Amy Chozick firstRead moreRead more

Who could have predicted that the global tax evasion by the world’s ultra-rich, made public this week with the release of the Panama Papers, was ushered in with the help of a free trade agreement? Turns out, Sen. Bernie Sanders did. In fiery speech before the U.S. Senate in 2011, Bernie Sanders declared his “strongRead moreRead more

In a decision welcomed by human rights groups as a step towards justice, a UN tribunal on Thursday convicted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes and sentenced him to 40 years in prison. Out of the 11 charges he faced at the International Criminal Tribunal for theRead moreRead more

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by Amazon Polly EU countries are undermining Brussels’ Green Deal before it’s even begun. The European Commission has threatened to take every EU government to court if they continue to flout the bloc’s rules on reducing the environmental impact of pesticides and securing the welfare of farmRead moreRead more

Wisconsin ironworker Randy Bryce has won the endorsement of one rival, consolidating the Democratic field running to represent the party in next year’s midterm against Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanBush, Romney won’t support Trump reelection: NYT Twitter joins Democrats to boost mail-in voting — here’s why Lobbying world MORE (R-Wis.). David Yankovich, an Ohio activistRead moreRead more

Fresh after Bernie Sanders’ call for a “a fifty-state strategy… to plant the flag of progressive politics” nationwide, new reporting on Friday suggests that Hillary Clinton’s campaign won’t be budged any further to the left. After Clinton claimed more victories in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania this week, Sanders said, “we are in this raceRead moreRead more

Verizon workers were joined by city leaders in New York on Monday for the sixth continuous day of their labor strike, with a march that stretched from the Verizon building on West 36th Street to 42nd Street. An estimated 40,000 workers, elected officials, and other allies marched through Manhattan in “a sea of red” asRead moreRead more

A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a lawsuit that called for the full release of the U.S. Senate’s report on the CIA’s post-September 11 abuse and torture of detainees. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said the report isn’t subject to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests—ruling against the ACLU, whichRead moreRead more