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Published June 25, 2019 First up, we cover a number joint resolutions the Senate passed in response to President Trump’s arms deal with Saudi Arabia. Next, we unpack the Senate’s disapproval of applying the Authority to Use Military Force (AUMF) against Iran, which could have an extreme impact on the middle …

For a month, critics have attacked Naomi Wolf’s new book, Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalization of Love, which explores how 19th-century UK laws persecuted homosexuality around the world and fuelled the gay rights movement. A BBC radio host pointed out on 21 May that the phrase “death recorded” did …

Published June 4, 2019 Here’s a video recap of the happenings in Congress last week (May 27-31, 2019). First up, two bills, The American Promise Act of 2019 and The Dream Act of 2019 introduced by Rep. Velasquez (D-NY) and Rep. Roybal-Allard (D-CA) respectively, were designed to carve a path to …

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders delivered a full-throated defense of democratic socialism in his June 12 speech at George Washington University. Sanders quoted FDR’s 1944 State of the Unionaddress: “We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence.” Sanders, like FDR, proposed an …

Escalating his policy to economically strangle Cuba, Donald Trump has imposed new restrictions on travel to Cuba by U.S. persons. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will no longer allow the popular “people-to-people” educational travel and they will deny licenses to cruise ships, the most common way people visit Cuba. “While this further …

The Supreme Court doesn’t like to overturn its past decisions. But there’s a way to get around Roe v. Wade without tossing it out completely. In this video we delve into how the Supreme Court makes decisions, the concept of stare decisis, and how other post-Roe cases have created vulnerabilities …

It’s August 2, 2017. Ciera Jackson sighs in relief. She’s just been granted a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend, Victor Whittier. Eleven days later, Jackson lies dead on her kitchen floor. Whittier, defying the restraining order, shot her four times through her kitchen window. The path that led to Jackson’s …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRU8mcS3cgE First up, Congress introduced 9 bills designed to support our vets in suicide prevention, better compensation for vets with disabilities, and make the transition home smoother. Here are all nine bills: H.R. 2359 – Whole Veteran Act (Rep. Lamb – Veterans’ Affairs) H.R. 1947 – To amend title 38, United States …

This weekend, Mayor Bill de Blasio met with veterans in Nevada–yet he has never held a similar meeting with NYC veterans during his administration, and his current Executive Budget proposes to cut $118,000 from services for veterans and families. This past March, NYC Veterans Alliance members and community partners, including …

On May 16, law enforcement agents broke into the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, D.C., and arrested the four remaining members of the Embassy Protection Collective. “We denounce these arrests, as the people inside were there with our permission, and we consider it a violation of the Vienna Conventions,” Venezuelan Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos …

Across the country, we are seeing a new wave of extreme bans on abortion, stripping away reproductive freedom and representing an all-out assault on abortion access. This is Trump’s anti-choice movement… and it’s terrifying, particularly for women of color and low-income women who are most affected by these bans.

We are all tired of California’s elected national officials waving off climate policy. I was with the Sunrise Movement the morning students went to talk to Sen. Dianne Feinstein last February. Her behavior wasn’t just disgraceful, but really unwise.

A friend of ours who works in public relations told us once that the only group he really worries about are the people who shop at Whole Foods. And by this, we imagine he meant people who care about the food they eat and the world around them, who read …

Under the guise of protecting human rights, the Trump administration is illegally meddling in three countries it has dubbed the “troika of tyranny” — Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua. National Security Adviser John Bolton claimed, “Miami is home to countless Americans, who fled the prisons and death squads of the Castro regime …

There is an agenda behind every word and every policy that emerges from Washington, and it’s usually not the one politicians are saying. Let’s take Medicare for All and its precursor, Obamacare. Supporters say Obamacare has made health care affordable for millions. Its critics point to rising premiums and sky-high …

Three of  President Trump’s environmentally-related  decisions show that his environmental score card is, like that of most Presidents, really mixed. Our natural world, the animals around us,  and our own bodies, are experiencing assaults on unprecedented levels, and the effects upon our ecosystems from modern hubris, continue to be devastating. …

A business as usual bond deal is about to be foisted upon Puerto Rico’s ratepayers and fledgling economy. It will result in a $400 million annual cash draw for at least the next twenty years.  Think about wasting money on overpriced oil, political appointees and useless consultants over the last twenty years and …