Democrats Ignore Urgency Of Climate Crisis, Vote Against Adding Fracking Ban To Platform
Democrats appointed to the Democratic Party’s Platform Committee by Hillary Clinton and the party’s chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, defeated a ban on fracking on June 24. Former U.S. Representative Howard Berman, American Federation of State, County, and Muncipal Employees executive assistant to the president, Paul Booth, former White House Energy
Democrats Urged To Reject Fracked Gas As ‘Bridge Fuel’ In Party Platform
Will the Democratic platform committee have the courage or political will to adopt a ban on natural gas fracking?
Independent Movements Need Independent Media To Blossom
Millions have paid attention to what has unfolded over the last months, and they know there is something deeply rotten at the core of our society, which must be addressed.
New York Democrats Anoint Cuomo As Chair As Clinton Delegate Strikes Sanders Delegate With Cane
Democratic Party leaders effectively ensured no motions were brought to a vote and that Governor Cuomo was anointed the chair through an unfair process.
People’s Summit Missed Opportunity To Match Strong Movement Politics With Bold Electoral Politics
The People’s Summit largely avoided discussing the US two-party political system and how those who made the Sanders campaign a success should confront it.
DNC Platform Committee Members Offended By Key Single-Payer Healthcare Advocate
Two DNC Platform Committee members attempted to intimidate a nurses union president, suggesting she didn’t care about those who benefited from the ACA.
Journalist Jason Leopold Discusses New CIA Documents On Gul Rahman Who Was Tortured To Death
The death of Gul Rahman at a CIA black site sparked a historic lawsuit against the architects of the CIA’s torture program. Recently, new CIA documents were released containing revelations related to how agency interrogators abused, tortured, and ultimately killed Rahman. In this week’s episode of the “Unauthorized Disclosure” weekly
Activists Share Evidence Of Voter Suppression Against California Independents
The state of California misled poll workers and deliberately suppressed voters from No Party Preference or independent voters in the primary on June 7.
After Orlando Shooting: Attorney Discusses Politics Of Terrorist Watch List
Attorney Gadeir Abbas not only raises due process concerns surrounding this secret list, but concludes the entire watch-listing system should be dismantled.
Tortured Guantanamo Prisoner With Severe Mental Illness Asks Review Board To Approve Release
Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mohammed al Qahtani’s attorneys highlighted new evidence of his “severe psychiatric disabilities” to push for his release.