‘Mistake’ in Republican tax plan taxes 1.3 million scholarship students more than millionaires
From Bernie Sanders to Elizabeth Warren to Kirsten Gillibrand to … lots of others, Democratic candidates in 2020 seem to have plans to lower the cost of education and make it possible for more Americans to attend...
LGBTQ Advocates Cheer Historic Victory After US House Passes Equality Act
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed the Equality Act—a historic development that drew cheers from LGBTQ advocates.
"This vote is a monumental step forward in the fight for true, lived equality for LGBTQ...
It’s “Xenophobia and Racism”:Trump Threatens “Removal Forces” for Immigrants
Sen. Bernie Sanders accused Donald Trump of pushing "xenophobia and racism" on Friday after the president said his administration is building up "removal forces" to kick out immigrants.
https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1129391132683755521
Writer and activist Shaun King, on Twitter,...
José Andrés offers lunch lady a job after she’s fired for giving food to...
A story went viral this week of a New Hampshire lunch lady, Bonnie Kimball, losing her job after allowing a student with an $8 school lunch debt to take his food without paying. The...
Donald Trump is micromanaging his border wall like it was a tacky gold faucet...
When Donald Trump talks about a “big, beautiful wall,” he’s being unusually precise about what he wants—and he’s prepared to tell the wall-building experts to change their practical designs to fit the wall in...
Exchange Between AOC and Susan Bro Demonstrates How White Privilege Can Be Used for...
Susan Bro, the mother of Heather Heyer, testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform today. She shared testimony about white supremacist violence.
In a moving exchange with AOC she showed what white privilege...
Her Name Was Susan
This is a remembrance from my experience as a junior medical student at UCLA in 1964. The recent events in Alabama have released a flood of memories from that period. As an old white...
‘This Is Unprecedented’: Judge Orders Chelsea Manning Jailed, Imposes Daily $500 Fine After 30...
In a move press freedom advocates and progressive critics decried as an "outrageous" and "unprecedented" escalation of a prolonged government harassment campaign, a federal judge on Thursday ordered U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning back...
‘Spoiler: Because Australia Has Universal Healthcare’: Watch Ocasio-Cortez Ask Pharma CEO Why HIV Drug...
During a House hearing on Thursday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked the CEO of one of America's largest pharmaceutical companies a simple but crucial question: Why does a life-saving HIV drug that costs $8 a...
(even) Pat Robertson thinks Alabama’s anti-abortion law is “too extreme”
Apparently, Robertson, who usually takes extreme/insane positions (i.e. claiming that you can get AIDS from towels), kept his eyes open when praying on this, (reminded himself that he actually went to law school) and decided...
