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Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 6:42am
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The Trump administration announced Thursday that the Yellowstone grizzly bear population is losing its endangered species protections—a decision conservation groups say is "flawed and premature" and could make the iconic species the target of trophy hunters.
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 6:34am
Jon Queally, staff writer
"This bill... is simply not the answer."
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 6:04am
Jake Johnson, staff writer
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters in an off-camera briefing on Friday that President Donald Trump remains "committed" to protecting recipients of Medicaid, a program he repeatedly vowed not to cut during his presidential campaign.
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 5:38am
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Amplifying the call for a universal basic income, a United Nations expert has presented a report describing the idea as "a bold and imaginative solution" at a time of growing economic insecurity.
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 4:47am
In what appears to be a breach of Trump’s own ethics rules, dozens of former lobbyists who serve in the Trump administration handle the same specific issues on which they lobbied within the past two years, a new Public Citizen report shows.
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 4:37am
Kevin Gosztola
When Jon Ossoff launched his campaign for the Georgia congressional seat formerly held by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, Democrats mobilized to bolster his candidacy because they believed he could win. Yet, Ossoff’s failure to beat Republican Karen Handel has not produced the kind of reflection that should follow the outcome that occurred in one of the most expensive congressional races in history.
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 4:35am
Today, Common Cause praised the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for its investigation into the Russian government’s cyber attacks on the U.S. election infrastructure and urged the Committee to make recommendations which would safeguard the United States from future attacks.
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 4:27am
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 4:26am
Julie Rovner
Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Thursday unveiled a bill that would dramatically transform the nation’s Medicaid program, make significant changes to the federal health law’s tax credits that help lower-income people buy insurance and allow states to water down changes to some of the law’s coverage guarantees.
The bill also repeals the tax mechanism that funded the Affordable Care Act’s benefits, resulting in hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts for the wealthy and health care industry.
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 4:14am
Center for Reproductive Rights
Senate Republicans today unveiled their health care bill that dismantles the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and pushes health care out of reach for millions of people.
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 4:14am
Juan Cole
In a bid completely to return the Middle East to the old system of strict government media censorship, four countries have demanded that Qatar close down the Aljazeera television channel.
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 4:08am
After weeks of negotiating in secret, today Republican senators released their plan to leave millions of Americans uninsured and to take away the health protections that families count on. NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue issued the following statement in response:
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 3:41am
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 3:36am
Keith Ellison
Thanks to the open internet, a new generation of activists fighting for civil rights and equality has been able to make their voices heard in ways previously unimaginable.
Now the Trump administration is trying to turn back the clock and silence them by undoing the Net Neutrality rules. That is simply unacceptable.
"The open internet has decentralized the media, allowing historically marginalized communities to bypass traditional gatekeepers and share their stories."
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 3:34am
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The U.S. occupation of Afghanistan is "the main obstacle" to peace, the Taliban's leader said Friday.
In his comments to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada also denounced the plan to increase number of U.S. troops in the country, and accused the U.S. and its allies of "destabilizing the whole region."
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 3:20am
Tom Valovic
Are you interested in patterning your dietary and culinary habits after the chefs that serve CIA officers and staff? I’m guessing probably not. But the well-known and well-advertised education purveyor Great Courses seems to think so. You’ve probably seen their ads in major news magazines. The company sells and promotes a self-help smorgasbord of books and DVDs on a wide range of topics ranging from Western philosophy to Tai Chi to neuroscience.
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 3:11am
Jake Johnson, staff writer
In an effort to bring national attention to "homegrown voter suppression" and to launch a campaign of "moral resistance" against Republican attempts to strip healthcare from millions, Rev. William J.
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 2:18am
How do we interpret Sir Michael Barber's first major speech in his new role as Chair of the Office for Students? David Kernohan has been quietly following Barber's career, and he has a few thoughts.
The post How to read: Michael Barber’s UUK speech appeared first on Wonkhe.
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 1:51am
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 1:24am
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
A new lawsuit accuses President Donald Trump and White House staff of illegally destroying presidential records.
A pair of watchdog organizations, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and the National Security Archive (NSA), filed the suit Thursday a federal district court to challenge actions by the White House "that seek to evade transparency and government accountability" and appear to violate the Presidential Records Act.
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 1:12am
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 12:59am
Sacramento Bee
At this point, it’s only a matter of degrees how misguided and cruel the proposals are by Republicans in Congress to “fix” America’s health care system.
Still, the bill unveiled by Senate GOP leaders Thursday is even worse in some ways than the horrible bill the House narrowly approved in May.
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 12:44am
National Organization for Women (NOW)
National Organization for Women, Feminist Majority, In Her Own Voice, and the National Women's Law Center join together to speak out about how the Senate and House versions of Trumpcare harm women.
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 12:37am
Common Dreams staff
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has now read the Republican bill that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and says that it contains "one flashing neon light after another" that signals who this piece of legislation is designed to serve: the very rich and the very powerful.
"This is blood money," the senator said both on the floor of the Senate on Thursday and in a video posted to social media. "They're paying for tax cuts with American lives."
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 12:32am
Jake Johnson, staff writer
In a move that appears to negate President Donald Trump's numerous vows to fight for American workers at risk of losing their jobs due to corporate outsourcing and layoffs, Boeing told CNN on Thursday that around 200 workers based in South Carolina would be fired in an effort to cut costs.
Saturday, 24 June 2017 - 12:15am
Jeff Bryant
Charter schools have become a fetish of both Democratic and Republican political establishments, but local news reports continue to drip, drip a constant stream of stories of charter schools doing bad stuff that our tax dollars fund.