Former DNC Chair Tom Perez Now Works for Anti-Labor Law Firm
This article was produced by Sludge, an independent, ad-free investigative news site covering money in politics. Click here to support Sludge. After a four year tenure as chair of the…
Immigrant Advocates Are Worried About Threats to Due Process in New Biden Policy
After the Biden administration on Friday announced a “dedicated docket” process that aims to “more expeditiously and fairly make decisions in immigration cases of families who arrive between ports of…
GOP-Led Legislatures May Pass Voter Suppression Laws With Help of Trump Judges
Republican-led legislatures in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and other states are passing laws that make it harder to vote. Many of these bills, which have been drafted with help from…
Unregulated Cryptocurrency Bubble Could Send the Economy Into a Tailspin
Bank regulators are rushing to come up with cryptocurrency rules, according to the Federal Reserve official overseeing financial regulation, but many fear the rule-making comes too late, and the unregulated…
The World Trade Organization Is Threatening Vaccine Equity and Climate Goals
The huge COVID-19 vaccine supply gap between rich and poor countries exposes the deadly problem of intellectual property (IP) rights and the dangerous monopoly power of Big Pharma. It also…
Trump Wrongly Implies Gas Prices Have Risen Because He’s No Longer President
In an attempt to take credit for lower gas prices during his presidency, former President Donald Trump baselessly implied in a post on his website on Thursday that gas prices…
Analysis Suggests Setting Aside Bipartisanship Can Help Democrats Win Elections
The 2020 election, like the 2016 presidential race, was supposed to be a landslide victory for Democrats. Instead, Democrats lost a net dozen House seats and barely eked out victories…
100th Anniversary of Tulsa Massacre Should Remind Us Why Reparations Are Needed
Memorial Day marks the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the deadliest episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, when the thriving African American neighborhood of…
US Jews Are Increasingly Breaking With Israel to Support Palestinian Liberation
The bombs Israel has dropped on Palestinian homes have reverberated around the globe, fueling a seismic shift within the U.S. Jewish community. More than ever, U.S. Jews are condemning the…
Gaetz Says Supporters Should Use the Second Amendment Against Tech Companies
During a so-called “America First” rally in Georgia on Thursday, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) advocated for violent actions against tech companies that have banned certain right-wing users. Gaetz railed against…
