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Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 11:36pm
Wim Laven
With a long holiday weekend lined up for the 4th of July most people are probably worried about having enough food for the barbeque, or hoping that their get-togethers aren’t too political. Facebook will be littered with messages of freedom, and assorted dissents. I post a link to Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech "What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?" to mark the occasion most years. For many people this year will be different and it is important that we pay attention. The freedoms marked by the day are under attack. The Declaration of Independence declares:
Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 7:23am
Adam Johnson
In the past few years, the Democratic Party’s rank and file has shifted left on major issues.
Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 6:43am
A senior judge has today described American democracy as "broken" and Congressional oversight a "joke" in failing to check the US drone killing program.
Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 5:11am
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
A handful of states are pushing back against a sweeping demand from a controversial Trump voting commission for information about voters in every state.
Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 4:58am
Adil E. Shamoo
The United States is at war in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, and possibly soon in Iran as well.
Donald Trump has also sided with Saudi Arabia in its bloodless conflict with Qatar. The Saudi Arabia-Qatar standoff is no less serious than the other hot wars. The two countries are extremely wealthy and influential in the Middle East and worldwide.
Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 4:26am
Christine Ahn
As the newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in meets President Donald Trump for his first White House visit, the South Korean leader should stay focused on his calls for diplomatic, economic, and cultural engagement with Pyongyang.
Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 4:02am
Julia Conley, staff writer
The Trump administration is taking steps towards eliminating the White House Council on Women and Girls, according to a Politico report.
The Council has ceased operations while President Trump decides whether its work is necessary, and may shut down entirely.
Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 3:09am
Jake Johnson, staff writer
The Minneapolis City Council on Friday voted overwhelmingly to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, news that made Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) so happy he broke out his guitar and sang in celebration.
Watch below:
Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 3:01am
At a board meeting of the “American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity” yesterday, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the implementation of an initiative to challenge scientific consensus about climate change through a “back-and-forth critique” by government-recruited individuals.
Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 1:49am
Miriam Pierson, Sarah Edelman
At least 80 people are missing and presumed dead after a devastating fire in Grenfell Tower, a high-rise apartment building in London. It’s the deadliest fire in Britain in more than a century.
Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 1:33am
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
A House committee on Thursday took a surprising—yet welcome—step towards canceling the "blank check for endless war."
That's because the Republican-controlled House Appropriations Committee passed a repeal of the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), which has been used justify ongoing military actions in regions around the world spanning the George W. Bush, Obama, and now Trump administrations.
Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 1:27am
Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 1:24am
Hannah McKinnon
A managed decline of the tar sands isn’t a popular idea in Alberta, or in Canada for that matter. The idea of sunsetting the tar sands industry is about as polarizing as it gets. The problem is that people have been led to believe that a managed decline undercuts a booming oil industry that is on the cusp of bouncing back after a few bad years. It’s not. The only real alternative to a managed decline is something much worse: an unmanaged decline.
Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 1:15am
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
“Kill the bill! Don’t kill me!” chanted protesters in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, opposing passage of the controversial Senate health care reform bill. President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress are intent on repealing the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), even if their repeal bill is massively unpopular nationally, with only 17 percent approval based on a recent poll, and will reportedly leave tens of millions of Americans without health insurance.
Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 1:11am
Julia Conley, staff writer
The ACLU and other civil rights advocates are denouncing the White House's nominee to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.
Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 1:07am
Eugene Robinson
If you want to look at the bright side of things, at least we’ve learned that the nation can survive for half a year without a sane, functioning presidency.
Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 12:24am
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Despite fervent opposition from an overwhelming majority of his own cabinet, President Donald Trump is reportedly gearing up to wage an all-out trade war that critics argue could have a "potentially devastating" impact on the American economy and on U.S. relations with key allies.
"[Trump's proposed tariffs] would most likely ignite a major international trade conflict."
—Bob Bryan, Business Insider
Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 12:21am
Pierre Tristam
What struck me in Donald Trump’s latest hurl of tweets, among other foulness, was the time of the tweets: around 9 a.m., when most of us have already been neck-deep in work for a few hours.