Republican senators blasted by constituents for opposing $35 insulin cap
On Sunday, August 7, the U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a $750 billion package addressing energy, climate...
On Sunday, August 7, the U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a $750 billion package addressing energy, climate...
The oil and gas industry, one of the most powerful corporate forces in American politics, has spent more than $200...
Healthcare advocates on Thursday cheered an announcement that California will take on Big Pharma greed and the insulin affordability crisis...
Republican leaders in nearly two dozen U.S. states are attempting—potentially in violation of federal law—to use coronavirus relief funds approved...
When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last week, a variety of observers took note of the lengthy and methodical...
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday slammed oil companies for raking in huge profits on the backs of U.S. consumers and...
In a private meeting last month with big-money donors, the head of a top conservative group boasted that her outfit...
Sen. Bernie Sanders suggested Friday that instead of bringing the weight of the criminal justice system down on marijuana users,...
Progressives within and beyond Congress took aim at Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday after the West Virginia Democrat infamous for...
Decades ago, America’s monied interests bankrolled a Republican establishment that believed in fiscal conservatism, anti-communism and constitutional democracy. Today’s billionaire...
In a fairly close House vote on Thursday, a Democratic bill cracking down on price gouging by the energy industry...
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont blasted the warped priorities of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday as the Democratic-controlled chamber moved to...
As labor uprisings heat up and spread across the country, a group of House Democrats is calling for an increase...
Wall Street veteran Nelson Peltz hosted a $5,000-a-plate fundraiser for Sen. Joe Manchin at the billionaire’s sprawling Florida estate last...
A survey published Monday shows that most adults in the U.S. support six proposals to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that lead...
Repurposing a phrase right-wing Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin recently used to obstruct social spending and climate legislation, Sen. Bernie Sanders...
The Biden administration is proposing a major policy change that it believes will help 200,000 uninsured Americans get comprehensive health plans while making coverage...
The US House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation...
He has been a one-person barrier against climate action, serving as a US Democrat while manipulating climate legislation alongside most...
Progressive U.S. lawmakers, public health advocates, and universal healthcare campaigners testified Tuesday at the first congressional hearing on Medicare for All legislation...
On Monday, the White House unveiled President Joe Biden’s 2023 budget proposal, which includes a minimum tax on the nation’s...
Donald Trump drew a great deal of criticism from environmentalists and Democrats when he displayed his “Trump digs coal” signs...
Vowing to “do whatever it takes to defeat the political allies of the fossil fuel industry, no matter which side of...
Congressional Democrats on Thursday introduced the bicameral Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax to target price gouging by profit-gorging fossil fuel companies...
Capitalism and democracy are compatible only if democracy is in the driver’s seat. That’s why I took some comfort just...
Ed Barnette long ago realized that affordable child care and paid sick leave, among other resources, would be essential to...
When Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and his allies defend his opposition to parts of President Joe Biden’s economic...
15 billion of federal money from the Infrastructure bill will go to funding a project that would replace all old...
The largest coal miners union in the United States is pushing back against Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) adamant opposition toward...
With Democrats’ Build Back Better package hanging in the balance, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Thursday called out fellow...
A group of wealthy investors and business leaders who support progressive taxation launched a campaign Tuesday aimed at pushing Sen....
Democrats are seeking to make roads and bridges a major campaign issue ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, highlighting local...
For months, Bernie Sanders has been making a case for the multitrillion-dollar reform bill he’s spearheaded in the Senate. Now,...
Joe Manchin is perseverating about spending $3.5 trillion over 10 years for Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan. “We can’t...
The $3.5 trillion dollar Build Back Better Act of 2021, in its current form, faces opposition in Congress not only...
Sen. Joe Manchin, one of a handful of Democratic lawmakers threatening to tank President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda, has received...
It is no coincidence that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is often mentioned in the same sentence as Sen. Joe...
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s proposal to lop $2 trillion off his own party’s social spending and climate agenda would support...
Right now, as I’ve highlighted briefly before, there’s a hot negotiation underway between almost every other Democrat in the House...
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and progressive healthcare campaigners from across the U.S. rallied at the headquarters of Big Pharma’s...
Corporations threatened by the prospect of paying a slightly higher tax rate and exercising a little less power over working people...
Sen. Bernie Sanders said Monday that a new congressional watchdog report showing the Pentagon failing in efforts to combat department-wide...
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing spike in unemployment, poverty in the U.S. declined by roughly 2.6% from 2019 to...
The U.S. is the only liberal-democratic country in the world with a political system set up for two mainstream parties,...
Dana Bash proved surprisingly effective in making West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin sweat this morning, when throwing charges of being...