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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"In the U.S., the richest 0.1% control a bigger share of the pie than at any time since 1929."

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"Like one of America's very first national monuments, the Grand Canyon, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts is a natural treasure," said NRDC's KateDesormaeu. "It provides habitat for a wide range of species, from endangered whales to Atlantic puffins to centuries-old deep-sea corals."(Photo: stephenallen75 / iStock / Getty Images Plus)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"This decision upholds protections for one of the most fragile and scientifically important areas in the North Atlantic from destructive activities like oil drilling and industrial fishing."


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The report compares prices of hospital care, outpatient procedures, and prescription drugs in the United States with other countries.


Lily and Jane

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Octogenarian actor and comedian Lily Tomlin was arrested Friday on Capitol Hill for participating in the weekly climate-focused civil disobedience campaign launched in October by her longtime friend and co-star Jane Fonda.

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"Bottom line: Bernie Sanders is constitutionally incapable of sucking up, and that's why people love him," said legal scholar Zephyr Teachout in her endorsement. (Image: BernieSanders.com)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"That's why people love him," says progressive activist and legal scholar. "They know he'll always be on the side of the little guy against big agriculture, big banks, big pharma, big tech, hate, and fear."


William "Bill" Greider

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
William "Bill" Greider, a veteran journalist and author who spent decades reporting on politics and economics for national media outlets, died Wednesday at his home in Washington, D.C. at the age of 83.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Legal experts have said outing a whistleblower is likely a federal crime.


Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
As Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has traveled the country to support Sen. Bernie Sanders' second campaign to secure the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, the New York congresswoman—who is currently too young to legally hold the nation's highest office—has sparked fresh speculation that she will eventually make her own run for the White House, Politico reported Friday.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"These devices are not safe," said Evan Greer, deputy director of Fight for the Future.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The Vermont senator said defeating Trump in 2020 will require "ideas that are going to excite and energize millions of people who right now are not particularly active in politics, and who may not vote at all."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"You could tell he was perfectly ok with killing anybody that was moving," a medic from Gallagher's platoon told Navy investigators.

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Democratic presidential hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders Speaks to supporters at an Immigration Town Hall in San Ysidro, California on December 20, 2019 at San Ysidro High School. (Photo: Sandy Huffaker / AFP / Getty Images)

by Norman Solomon
Beware. Because disparaging and minimizing Bernie in 2019 didn't work, the next step in 2020 will be to trash him with a vast array of full-bore attacks.


The good news is that housing is finally being addressed as the national crisis it is. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Nicole Braun
I’ve worked hard my whole life and will probably never own a home. This is a policy shame, not a personal one.


If you use Department of Education figures, as opposed to those put out by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the number of people suffering homelessness in the U.S. is closer to 1.4 million each year—not the 500,000 to 600,000 figure frequently used. (Photo: Garry Knight/cc/flickr)

by Pat LaMarche
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has a system for counting the homeless that is worthless: utterly worthless. And the media's failure to report this story accurately is dangerous.


Is Joseph saying that Trump, by the force of his magnetic personality, will send young people thronging back to the faith? (Photo: Creative Commons)

by Mike Lofgren
Newsweek just published a piece that set a record for preposterous ideas, confidently but incoherently argued.


Women who do not have health insurance are more likely to delay prenatal care, contributing to maternal mortality rates. (Photo: Getty)

by Julie A. Burkhart
States with more restrictions on reproductive health care have higher maternal and infant mortality rates.


"Anti-Trump Protest - Chicago" (Photo: Alek S/CC BY 2.0)

by Manuel Serrano
Democracy needs to keep moving forward. If we elude our responsibility when it comes to breathing new life into the values that sustain it, our liberal societies will eventually collapse.

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