Gig Workers’ Rights Fight Ensnares Creative Freelancers
Reading Time: 7 minutes Can the labor rights movement balance the needs of contract workers with those of genuine independent contractors?
Impeachment: Round One. Kangaroos Win.
Reading Time: 6 minutes No need to watch this stuff, because we did it for you.
Note to the Gun Lobby: Try to Aim Higher
Reading Time: 3 minutes You say you’re patriots, but your menacing rhetoric suggests contempt for democracy.
Congressional Watchdog: Trump’s OMB Violated the Law by Withholding Ukraine Aid
Reading Time: < 1 minute A legal decision issued by the Government Accountability Office on Thursday found that President Donald Trump’s White House acted illegally when it withheld aid to Ukraine. The finding comes at the onset of Trump’s impeachment trial and deals a blow to his defense that keeping the military assistance from Ukraine was an appropriate policy tool.
Impeachment, Trump, and the 2020 Election Race – World Reaction
Reading Time: 4 minutes As Donald Trump became only the third US president to be impeached, the implications of the House action for the 2020 election are being studied globally.
History Rhymes: Trump’s Quid Pro Quo Reprises Nixon’s
Reading Time: 9 minutes President Donald Trump’s attempted quid pro quo isn’t the first by a corrupt Republican president eager to discredit a likely Democratic opponent.
Are Americans Ready to Junk the Electoral College?
Reading Time: 5 minutes A growing number of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have said the Electoral College is undemocratic and needs to be replaced. But, with what?
Who is William Barr? Attorney General’s Unknown Past
Reading Time: 16 minutes Ex-CIA officer Frank Snepp recalls the forgotten past of ex-CIA officer Bill Barr — and what Barr did that was so controversial the first time he was attorney general, nearly three decades ago.
Warriors Wanted: Does the US Military Prey on Teenagers?
Reading Time: 10 minutes Critics accuse US military recruiters of “predatory” practices that target the young and naive.
Ukraine Whistleblower Came Forward in Spite of Weak Protections
Reading Time: 5 minutes A whistleblower complaint is behind the mountain of damaging evidence changing minds about impeachment. It’s a miracle it got through.