The proposed budget cuts to Medicaid and food assistance are not just bad policy, they are "a sin." Rev. William J. Barber II led a rally against this immoral bill, highlighting the devastating impact ...

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A single paragraph buried deep in a spending bill that passed the GOP-controlled House of Representatives earlier this month is causing growing concern among democracy watchdogs who warn the provision ...

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The Trump administration announced Wednesday, May 28, that it plans to overturn a Department of Labor rule allowing managers of private retirement plans to consider environmental, social, and ...

The Center for Biological Diversity has sued the U.S. Air Force and Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to release public records detailing the Trump administration’s plans to build landing pads for ...

The daughter of a Seattle woman, Juliana Leon, who died during the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave, today brought a wrongful death suit alleging that Big Oil companies negligently caused her mother’s ...

Amid new reports that public approval of the Democratic Party has reached an all-time low, two national organizations – Progressive Democrats of America and RootsAction – have sent a petition with ...

Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst on Friday brushed off her constituents' concerns about the life-threatening consequences of her party's proposed cuts to Medicaid and federal nutrition assistance, ...