The force and power of far-right media must not be underestimated; after all, it played a seismic role in paving the way for Trumpās presidency
After months of fruitless negotiations, the latest COVID relief package is emerging from Congress as a stopgap measure meant to hold the nation over until President-elect Joe Biden takes office and Congress begins a new session next year
With 68 percent of Americans opposed to marijuana prohibition, and with legalization spreading on the state level, Congress is under mounting pressure to reconcile state and federal cannabis regulation
Thereās no doubt that the Black Lives Matter movement has profoundly impacted candidatesā platforms in down-ballot races
Source: Truthout Millions of children across the United States are already going hungry amid the economic recession spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic,…
āThis is a hard reset, and young people are not going to allow us to go back to the way things were, because they understand that itās not workingā
Media watchdogs say homegrown disinformation is now a much bigger problem than foreign interference, thanks to President Trump, his reelection campaign and right-wing extremists fueling viral media content shared widely by the presidentās supporters
Source: Truthout Photo by J. Bicking/Shutterstock.com House Democrats have finally unveiled a flurry of climate bills aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions,…
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