Month: September 2020

Amid increasing corporate power and dwindling worker profits, a coalition of lawmakers on Thursday put forth one solution that just may take off. Sens. Bernie “'An Idea Whose Time Has Come': Lawmakers Roll Out Plan to Expand Worker Ownership”

The results of Tuesday’s shocking Alabama Senate special election will likely reverberate far beyond its borders. Democrats won a Senate seat in Alabama for the first “Five takeaways from the Alabama Senate upset”

Sen.-elect Doug Jones (Ala.) announced on Tuesday that he has hired Dana Gresham as his chief of staff, which will make him the only Democratic “Doug Jones to become only Dem senator with black chief of staff”

Doug Heye, a former spokesman for the Republican National Committee (RNC), is calling for Casino mogul Steve Wynn to be ousted as the RNC’s finance “Ex-RNC spokesman: 'Steve Wynn has got to go'”

European Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides | Francois Lenoir/EPA EU Commissioner Stella Kyriakides goes into coronavirus quarantine EU health chief says she came into contact “EU Commissioner Stella Kyriakides goes into coronavirus quarantine”

Former President Barack Obama is garnering criticism for netting a whopping $400,000 for his first major speech since leaving office—a speech to Wall Street firm “Obama Under Fire for $400K Speech to Wall Street 'Fat Cats'”

Documentary filmmaker and activist Michael Moore will bring a new one-man show protesting President Donald Trump to Broadway, the New York Times reported Monday. The “Michael Moore to Take One-Man Anti-Trump Show to Broadway”

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is considering scrapping Obama-era rules that banned harsh punishments for low-level drug crimes and could direct prosecutors to resume charging severe “Sessions May Revive Harsh Penalties for Low-Level Drug Charges”

Legendary singer and artist Patti Smith, National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, world-renowned scholar Noam Chomsky, and acclaimed filmmaker Oliver Stone are among those asking “Patti Smith, Edward Snowden, and Noam Chomsky Agree: Trump Must Halt Prosecution Against WikiLeaks”

Eric Trump, second-eldest son of the U.S. president, drew international ridicule overnight after telling FOX News host Sean Hannity Tuesday evening that he considers his “Latest Polls Show Millions of "Not Even People" Disapprove of Trump Presidency”