Politics: Left

A vote by the U.S. bishops was the most dramatic example of the conservative Catholic movement's reach since Joseph R. Biden was elected. But the contingent had been gaining strength throughout the Trump era....

This story was originally published at Prism . Since last year's racial justice uprisings catalyzed another worldwide wave of discussions about institutional racism, public school boards across the United States are being forced to take responsibility...

Dick Cheney always saw doomsday threats from America's enemies. His daughter is in a lonely battle against what both see as a danger to American democracy: Donald J. Trump....

The national security adviser raised the issue of more penalties in the poisoning of Aleksei A. Navalny days after President Biden met with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia....

A sheriff characterized it as the worst traffic accident he had ever witnessed in his life....

What's next for Iran's nuclear deal....

Myriam Gurba, a Mexican American, bisexual writer and advocate, is first and foremost an expert in her own experiences—as a queer woman of color, as a survivor of abuse, as a survivor of gender-based violence, Gurba knows her story in a way that no ...

The senator from West Virginia has spent decades trying to bridge partisan divides, but many of his efforts are coming up short in today's Washington....

The Wisconsin Republican had originally objected to making Juneteenth a federal holiday, arguing against the cost of an additional day off for federal workers. He later relented....

He rodeoed in a Buffalo Bill-style Wild West show, carried his message on horseback from the Holy Land to Times Square and was invited to the White House to meet the president. But luck may have run out for this cowboy pastor who rode to national politica...

At least 10 people were killed after a multi-car pileup on Interstate 65 in Butler County, Alabama. According to the sheriff's department, most of the victims were children apart of a girl's youth ranch....

Daily Kos Elections has calculated the 2020 presidential results for every state Senate and state House district in Alaska , where a coalition of Democrats, independents, and dissident Republicans controls the lower chamber. You can find all of our distri...

2021 is shaping up to be the deadliest year for gun violence in decades. Nan Whaley, mayor of Dayton, Ohio and president of the Mayor's Conference weighs in....

Mr. Adams is now taking aim at the city's plans to start releasing partial and unofficial vote totals on Tuesday....

Many Democrats see the push for an infrastructure package as an opportunity to raise taxes on rich individuals and corporations. But resistance is coming from multiple directions....

People often scoff at rappers' affinity for jewelry, shaking their heads at the perceived foolishness. But the new docuseries 'Ice Cold' argues it's all about the American Dream....

The bill making Juneteenth a holiday only passed the Senate after the Wisconsin Republican dropped his efforts to block it....

The late author could be bracingly clear or confidingly sympathetic, but her most consistent modus operandi was to obscure and complicate....

Surveillance video shows a man driving his truck into a crowd killing one person and injuring another at a Pride parade in Florida. NBC's Gary Grumbach reports....

Given the nation's high court is now the most conservative it's been in 70 years, is the future of gay rights in jeopardy? Sasha Issenberg and Alphonso David join Jonathan Capehart to discuss....

This week, the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit - an influential court that often leads a Judge straight to the Supreme Court. Ruth Marcus joined Jonathan Capehart to discuss the future of t...

Read Gregory Downs' history of Juneteenth, originally published in 2015....

This story was originally published at Prism . By Sravya Tadepalli When Shilpa Thirukkovalur was in high school, only three books throughout her four years of English classes were written by authors of color. Thirukkovalur, who graduated from her Westboro...

Ali Velshi talks one-on-one with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, who says the key to bringing the world to a high level of economic growth is global vaccination. The IMF wants to see 40% of the world vaccinated this year, and 60% by the next. ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist with the New York Times Magazine and creator of the 1619 Project, and The New Yorker's Jelani Cobb join Ali Velshi to discuss the value of critical race theory and why it's under attack by Rep...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared racism a public health crisis and pledged nearly $10 million in COVID-19 federal relief money to fight it. According to a new study by the Chicago Department of Public Health, Black residents in the Windy City have a ...

Juneteenth may now be a federal holiday, but it's still hard being Black in America. Actor, Comedian, and activist D.L. Hughley lays out the vast landscape of inequities facing people of color in his new book "How to Survive America." It's...

Jennifer Merciaca, an expert on political rhetoric, explained how Fox News host Tucker Carlson taps into the fearful emotions of his viewers to spread propaganda. Merciaca, who serves as an associate professor at Texas A&M University, made the remarks whi...

As President Biden signed a bill this week making Juneteenth a federal holiday, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley and Georgia Rep. Nikema Williams reintroduced legislation to close the prison loophole in the 13th Amendment. Sen. Merkley joined Jonathan Capehart to...

The CNN host asked why Fox's so-called "hard news" division hasn't delivered more reporting on this story since Carlson has called it an "incredible bombshell."...

A neuroscientist's studies show that altruism isn't always attractive....

"We need to think about a different vaccine delivery strategy to get the people who are still reluctant," Gottlieb said....

Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Rob Portman, Fiona Hill, Ashley Parker, Amna Nawaz, Cornell Belcher and Brad Todd...

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday defended lies about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and vowed to "keep telling the truth." During an interview with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), Bartiromo presented a list of what she called the "biggest li...

Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough announced the plan during a Pride Month event in Orlando....

Cybersecurity was a key topic during President Biden's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin....

Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday called out Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for making misleading comments about a voting rights bill that he objects to. During an interview on Fox News Sunday , Wallace asked Graham if he could support Sen. Joe Manchin...

After nearly a year and half in my home because of COVID-19, I developed a serious travel itch that simply had to be scratched. With the first dose in my arm and with the second dose on the horizon, I realized there just might be a way to travel this year...

In appearances on the Sunday morning news shows, Sullivan also weighed in on the North Korean nuclear issue and Biden's meeting with Putin....

The United States said on Sunday it saw as an...

While Sanders offered up some mild praise for the proposal, he still expressed concerns over how it would be paid for, saying he doesn't support raising the gas tax....

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., says he won't support a bipartisan deal on infrastructure if it's paid for by new taxes on gas and electric vehicles....

Imagine how big a doofus you have to be to go to an event celebrating the passage of a bill that you almost single-handedly blocked the previous year. If you're Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, it's just par for the course. Source: Milwaukee Jour...

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom teamed up with RepresentUs to make a video urging people to support the For the People Act. In the video, Perry and Bloom play themselves set in the year 2055 in a dystopian society where the people have no voice and they have...

Putting the nation's undocumented immigrants on a pathway to citizenship would provide a massive boost to the nation's economy, increasing the gross domestic product by up to $1.7 trillion over the next decade and creating over 430,000 jobs, the C...

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