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Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 11:05pm
Craig Aaron
Donald Trump’s favorite local TV chain is about to get a lot bigger thanks to—wait for it—Donald Trump.
Trump’s Federal Communications Commission is paving the way for Sinclair Broadcast Group—already the nation’s largest TV conglomerate—to take over Tribune, which owns 42 stations in many of the country’s big cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Denver.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 11:04pm
Ife Floyd
President Trump’s proposed $2.2 billion cut to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program in 2018 would reduce states’ federal TANF funds by 10 to 18 percent (depending on whether a state receives TANF Contingency Funds), as the table below shows. Over the next decade, the TANF cut would total $22 billion.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 10:40pm
Kelly Mitchell
ExxonMobil held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) for shareholders in Dallas, Texas on Wednesday. This event draws attention from activists each year, and Greenpeace certainly wasn’t going to miss the party. In the days leading up to Exxon’s investor prom, we put up billboards and flew our airship with a warning to financial audiences and concerned citizens alike — we all pay the price for Exxon’s greed.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 10:30pm
Robert C. Koehler
The wound burst open in November. History, suddenly, could no longer be avoided. Reality could no longer be avoided. American democracy is flawed, polluted, gamed by the oligarchs. It always has been.
But not until the election process whelped Donald Trump did it become so unbearably obvious.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 8:00pm
Today we are hugely excited to launch Wonkfest. More than twelve months in the making, Wonkfest is not just the biggest event we’ve ever produced, but the start of what we hope will become an annual tradition in the higher education sector: a policy jamboree – two solid days of serious policy debate, endlessly interesting... read more
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 8:00pm
Wonkhe and HSBC are delighted to announce an exciting new collaboration. Mark Leach, Wonkhe’s founder and Editor in Chief, said: “We are thrilled to be working with HSBC. As the world’s leading international trade and business bank, their global reach and deep relationships with UK universities make the bank an ideal partner.” The collaboration centres... read more
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 9:14am
You've all heard of MOOCs, but what about NOOCs? We've just released our latest NOOC for professional services staff.
The post A new online course. For professional services staff appeared first on Wonkhe.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 9:01am
Nona Buckley-Irvine meets the new NUS Vice President for Higher Education to talk about TEF, the black attainment gap, working with the sector, and Cambridge.
The post People in higher education: Amatey Doku appeared first on Wonkhe.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 7:37am
Jake Johnson, staff writer
In addition to a new poll showing it would be extraordinarily popular, California's single-payer bill—the Healthy California Act—would also cut costs while providing coverage for all.
That is the conclusion of a new analysis (PDF) published on Wednesday by the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI).
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 6:53am
John Atcheson
So, no sooner is Trump back from his disastrous G7 meeting than he starts mugging the press. Nothing new here—simply another distract, discredit and deceive tactic—something every would-be despot does. But Trump and his Republican allies could be facing a moment when the reality of their corporate-friendly, rich-folks-first policies get too grim to hide.
We saw what could be the bow wave of this dynamic when Greg Gianforte, the Repulican who just won a special election in Montana, body-slammed reporter Ben Jacobs.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 6:37am
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The deadly truck bombing that struck the diplomatic area Afghanistan's capital during rush hour on Wednesday is a grim reminder of the ongoing horrors of war felt by Afghan civilians, says one expert.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 5:23am
Center for Biological Diversity
The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency today for failing to provide briefing materials prepared for Trump’s transition team that discuss construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 5:19am
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The Trump administration appears poised to continue its attacks on women and healthcare access, as a draft rule shows the Affordable Care Act's requirement that employee insurance cover contraception would be significantly rolled back.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 5:15am
Bernard-Henri Lévy
PARIS — The American people can escape from the ordeal of Donald Trump’s presidency in one of three ways. But if and when they do is an irreducibly political question, not one that hinges on legal possibilities.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 4:45am
A full 70 percent of Californians favor establishing a public, Medicare for all type system providing universal single-payer health coverage, with lower costs for all Californians, as proposed in the Healthy California Act, SB 562.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 4:38am
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 4:26am
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced on Wednesday the launch of 'DeVos Watch,' a new initiative tasked with holding Education Secretary Betsy DeVos accountable and ensuring that the Department of Education serves students, "not the industries that make money off them."
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 3:55am
Common Dreams staff
Sometimes a nearly 20-second pause by a top U.S. official reveals much more than words could about the troubling lack of democracy in Saudi Arabia and the special relationship the United States retains with the repressive Gulf monarchy.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 2:26am
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to issue regulations that would allow any employer to claim a religious exemption that enables it to deny any employee insurance coverage for contraception.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 2:24am
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
By pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement, President Trump will abdicate his responsibility as leader of the most powerful country in the world, to help fight the looming catastrophe of climate change, said EWG President Ken Cook.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 2:13am
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Elections produce winners and losers. There are no bonus points for participation. Democrats have been frustrated by losses in high-profile congressional races — Rob Quist bested by Greg Gianforte in Montana and James Thompson falling short to Ron Estes in deep-red Kansas. In both elections, the Democratic nominees outperformed previous Democratic showings but came up short. In the nationally publicized special election in Georgia to fill the seat of Republican Tom Price, the Democratic candidate, Jon Ossoff, is still locked in a dead heat.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 1:31am
Jake Johnson
Just days before anti-Trump marches are set to take place in over 100 cities across the United States, the results of a new poll published on Wednesday suggest that a growing number of Americans want Congress to impeach the president, whose young administration is beset with scandals implicating not merely Trump himself, but members of his family and cabinet as well.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 1:11am
Responding to reports that President Trump was pulling out of the Paris climate accord, Nick Dearden the director of Global Justice Now said:
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 1:08am
Medea Benjamin
I would love to see Donald Trump impeached—for anything. Emoluments. Corruption. Conflicting business interests. Profiting at public expense. Obstructing the Russia investigation. Leaking classified information. Waging wars without congressional approval. Groping. Whatever it takes.
It’s a colossal embarrassment to our nation and a danger to the planet that Trump inhabits the White House. Much of the world, Arab despots aside, would jump for joy if he were kicked out.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 1:07am
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
This post may be updated.
Multiple news outlets reported Wednesday that President Donald Trump was about to make good on his campaign pledge to pull the United States out of the historic Paris climate agreement—a decision environmental groups said would be "a travesty" and "historic mistake."
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 12:53am
Christian Christensen
The conspiracy theory is a well-worn theme within popular culture. From The Manchurian Candidate to JFK to The X-Files, our understanding of these theories are as ones where the stakes are at the highest levels, and usually involve some attempt at national or global domination. The main players are shadowy, supremely inter-connected and occasionally violent. There is almost always widespread collusion between the fields of politics, media, business and the military. The motives are rarely, if ever, benign.
Thursday, 1 June 2017 - 12:28am
Ralph Nader
It is time Americans rise up against the corruption, inefficiency, and cruelty of our healthcare system and tell its corporate captors and Congress – Enough Already!
For decades other countries have guaranteed universal health insurance for all their people, at lower costs and better outcomes (President Truman proposed it 72 years ago in the US). When are we going to break out of this taxpayer-subsidized prison built by the giant insurance companies, drug goliaths and monopolizing hospital chains?