John Lewis Just Delivered a Rousing Call for Impeachment
Michael Brochstein/Zuma Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) delivered a call action for the House of Representatives on Tuesday to impeach President Donald Trump over the Ukraine scandal. “We cannot delay. We must not wait. Now is the time to act,” the longtime civil rights leader said on the floor of the House. “We will never find…
RBG Says She’ll Be Back in Full Force by the Start of the Supreme Court Term
Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Library of Congress National Book Festival on Saturday.Cliff Owen, AP Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s health has been on a lot of people’s minds lately. Having just completed a three-week radiation treatment for a cancerous tumor, the 86-year-old justice made her first public appearance promoting…
Exclusive: In a Devastated Town, Bernie Sanders Explains His Plan for a Climate Change Revolution
Rich Pedroncelli/AP Bernie Sanders wants the United States to combat climate change like a nation at war. The Democratic presidential candidate detailed his new climate platform on Thursday in Paradise, California, while surrounded by devastation that wouldn’t look out of place on a battlefield. Today Paradise is a ghost of itself after last year’s deadly…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Was Visibly Moved by an Immigrant Mom’s Testimony
On Wednesday, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a hearing addressing the conditions child migrants are facing after crossing the southern border. Yazmin Juárez, whose 19-month-old daughter died weeks after being released from ICE detainment in 2018, testified during the hearing, describing the mistreatment she faced while seeking asylum. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez…
Kamala Harris Just Won the Internet with “Her Hands”
Saul Loeb/Getty Sen. Kamala Harris’ choice of pronoun resulted in the one of the most viral early moments from Thursday’s second Democratic debate. When asked what she would do with the thousands of people who seek asylum in the United States every day, the California senator presumed in her response that the next president will…
Last Night, Democrats Argued With Each Other. Tonight They Wasted No Time Going After Trump.
At the start of Thursday’s second Democratic presidential debate on NBC, 2020 candidates had sharp words for Donald Trump and the Republican party, making for a notable shift in tone from the first presidential debate Wednesday. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) kicked off the debate with a zinger. When asked whether Democrats had a duty to…