“President Trump Has Committed Impeachable High Crimes and Misdemeanors,” Expert Testifies
Jacquelyn/Martin Based on the evidence presented so far, President Donald Trump committed impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors, Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman—Democrats’ first witness at the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearing—testified Wednesday. “High crimes and misdemeanors are abuses of power and of public trust connected to the office of the presidency,” Feldman said. “On the…
The Supreme Court Is Tackling an Important Superfund Case and It’s—Messy
The U.S. Supreme Court building at sunset.Bill Clark/AP For decades, Anaconda Company Smelter operated an enormous copper smelting factory in Opportunity, Montana. And for more than seven decades, that factory spewed tons of toxic waste, mostly arsenic, into the community’s soil and water supply. In 1983, the EPA made Opportunity one of its Superfund sites, and…
Former Google Employees Say They Were Fired for Labor Organizing
Eric Risberg / AP Four former Google engineers have accused the company of firing them “for engaging in protected labor organizing” and say they’re planning to file an Unfair Labor Practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board. Writing on the Medium page of Google Walkout for Real Change—which organized thousands last year to protest sexual…
The Ukraine Scandal Is Bigger Than We Realized, Democrats’ Report Suggests
President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a meeting in New York on September 25 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.Saul Loeb AFP via Getty Images A 300-page impeachment report released on Tuesday by House Democrats describes how President Donald Trump used “the powers of his office to solicit foreign interference on his…
Kamala Harris Just Never Got Serious Enough
Jack Kurtz/ZUMA As a proud employee of a 501(c)3, I have to be a little careful about expressing my personal support for political candidates. But now that Kamala Harris is out, I can say a bit more about her. Initially, I was tentatively in her camp. I’ve seen her in Senate hearings and she’s very…
Democrats from Congress Tried to Reassure World Leaders at the UN Climate Summit
This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic lawmakers assured world leaders at the United Nations climate conference in Madrid that the United States will continue to be a leader in combatting global climate change, despite backward steps by the Trump administration. “The…