Aiming to Lift 'Starvation Wage,' Progressive Lawmakers Push for $15 Nationwide

“We are here today to send a very loud and a very clear message to the United States Congress, the President of the United States, and corporate America,” Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders bellowed before a crowd of striking low-wage workers in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. “In the richest country on the face of the…

Stop Watching Them: Federal Court Squashes Unwarranted Cell Phone Tracking

In what civil liberties groups hope will lead to an end of unchecked cell phone tracking of U.S. residents, a federal court of appeals has ruled that law enforcement agencies cannot obtain a person’s historical cell phone location information from cell phone companies without a legal warrant signed by a judge. Click Here: NRL Telstra…

To Contain Carbon Bomb, US Must End Fossil Fuel Leasing on Public Lands

If the U.S. government wants any chance of meeting its stated global climate pledges, it should start by curbing emissions from publicly owned property and end new fossil fuel leasing on federal lands and offshore areas, according to a groundbreaking report released Wednesday. Under the Obama administration’s “all of the above” energy policy, federal agencies…

As 'Muslim-Free Zones' Flourish, Groups Demand DOJ Probe

A coalition of 82 civil liberties and human rights organizations, as well as faith-based groups and immigrant rights advocates, on Tuesday called on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the growing number of businesses around the country declaring themselves ‘Muslim-free zones.’ Doing so violates the constitutional rights of American Muslims, particularly under Title II…

Recession Continues for Record Number of Homeless Students

The number of homeless children attending public schools in the U.S. has doubled since before the 2008 recession, reaching a record national total of 1.36 million in the 2013-2014 school year, according to new federal statistics released Monday. As the so-called recovery continues to bypass millions of Americans, the new data helps shed light on…

Cruz has $5.2M for reelection bid: report

Sen. Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote The Hill’s Morning Report – Trump’s public standing sags after Floyd protests GOP senators introduce resolution opposing calls to defund the police MORE (R-Texas) has $5.2 million in campaign money ahead of a potentially tough 2018 reelection fight, according to a new report….

Poll: More young Republicans left GOP during 2016 election than Democrats

More young Republicans left their party over the past year than young Democrats did, according to a Wednesday report by Pew Research Center. The poll shows 23 percent of young Republicans and Republican-leaning voters under the age of 30 switched to the Democrat party over the past year. During the same period, only nine percent of…

In Bible Belt, Sanders Seeks Common Ground on Morality and Justice

Avowed democratic socialist and presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Monday gave a rousing lesson in morality to thousands of students at the conservative Christian college Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. “We are living in a nation and in a world which worships—not love [for] our brothers and sisters, not love for the poor and sick—but…

Victory for Meat Lobby After USDA Nixes Climate Considerations

When the Obama administration said last year that, for the first time, it would take the environment into consideration when issuing its 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), the meat lobby came out swinging. But this week, it announced that climate considerations would be nixed, leading advocates to charge that money has once again trumped…