politics
Grassley blocks Trump nominees over watchdog firings
June 5, 2020Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley says he is blocking two Trump administration nominees until the White House provides adequate reasons for the termination of two inspectors general.
Read moreGreg Kearney: Cartoons that make you smile…and vote
June 5, 2020Kearney, a political cartoonist, uses his pen to skewer extremists, an urgent necessity these days. His cartoons now appear regularly in People’s World.
Read moreIllinois Gov. Pritzker, others warn of Trump’s dangerous turn
June 2, 2020Pritzker was irate, saying afterwards that Trump “is strictly trying to make himself sound like a strong man – almost like a dictator.” HRF blasted Trump’s “frightening turn towards despotism.”
Read moreIsrael: A farewell to Labor, the peace and partial-annexation party
May 27, 2020On April 26, the Central Committee of Israel’s Labor Party voted (online, of course) to endorse Binyamin Netanyahu as prime minister.
Read moreClass conflict rages in the fight over next stimulus bill
May 11, 2020Trump and the 1 percent seek billions more for big business while workers and their allies push for a bill that will strengthen economic and political democracy.
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