Iowa, Nevada to Launch Caucus Voting By Phone for 2020
Democrats in the early presidential contest states of Iowa and Nevada will be able to cast their votes over the telephone instead of showing up.
Month: July 2019
Lava Jato Caused Brazil 5-7 Million Job Losses
“Treating corruption as society’s only problem is a problem,” says Brazilian economist Luiz Gonzaga Belluzzo, who talks of the damage to the Brazilian economy caused by the Lava Jato and Carne Fraca investigations.
Kamala Harris Is No Progressive Prosecutor
The freshman Senator and former Attorney General from California has shown herself to be opportunistic and politically calculating, easily adopting whatever focus group-driven stance or policy will help her reach her career ambitions,
Water Sites in 43 States Contaminated with Toxic Chemicals
A new report published May 6 by the non-profit Environmental Working Group and Northeastern University finds people in nearly every state in the country are exposed to unhealthy drinking water.
Supercomputer Shows ‘Chameleon Theory’ Could Change How We Think About Gravity
Supercomputer simulations of galaxies have shown that Einstein’s theory of General Relativity might not be the only way to explain how gravity works or how galaxies form.
Bernie Sanders, AOC to Introduce Resolution Calling ‘Existential Threat’ of the Climate Crisis an ‘Emergency’
A cohort of progressive Democrats plan to introduce a resolution declaring a climate emergency Tuesday in Congress, a move that could open the door to decisive action on the crisis.
CBO Report Shows Broad Benefits From $15 Federal Minimum Wage
New analysis by the Congressional Budget Office finds that $15 in 2025 could raise the wages of 27.3 million low-wage workers and would increase the income of families who earn below three times the poverty rate by $21.9 billion.
Jeffrey Epstein Pleads Not Guilty to Abusing Dozens of Underage Girls
Eleven years after letting Jeffrey Epstein off lightly with a secret deal, federal prosecutors made another run at putting the billionaire financier behind bars on sex charges, accusing him Monday of abusing dozens of underage girls as young as 14.
‘Weaponizing human rights’: UN chief Bachelet’s Venezuela report follows US regime change script
Former UN special rapporteur Alfred de Zayas slams UN High Commissioner Bachelet’s report on Venezuela as a politicized collection of baseless accusations by “advocates of regime change.”
João Gilberto, Bossa Nova Pioneer, Has Died at 88
João Gilberto, one of the primary creators of bossa nova, the intimate Brazilian music that became a major cultural export, has died. He was 88.
On the Front Lines of Bolsonaro’s War on the Amazon, Brazil’s Forest Communities Fight Against Climate Catastrophe
The catastrophic loss of another fifth of Brazil’s rainforest could happen within one generation. It’s happened before. It’s happening now.
Joe Biden is a Collaborator
It’s really quite simple: the rogue oligarchs and corporations who now run this country constitute the enemy. Since becoming a Senator in 1973, your favorite Irish uncle, Joe Biden, has Read More…