On Thursday, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) proposed a short-term extension of FISA in exchange for declassifying a major opinion from the top government surveillance court, which revealed continuing violations of the controversial authority. Wyden’s proposal follows the passage of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) bad faith FISA bill that likelyContinue Reading
Attorney and civil rights activist Maya Wiley responds to the Justice Department’s fraud case against the Southern Poverty Law Center, which centers on the group’s history of paying individuals to infiltrate white supremacist groups in order to monitor their activities. The SPLC has rejected the charges as politically motivated, sayingContinue Reading
When ICE began terrorizing entire neighborhoods in the Twin Cities, mutual aid organizers who support unhoused people banded together to respond.Continue Reading
The general strike remains a goal to aspire to. But simply saying the words over and over again will not call the strike into being.Continue Reading
More than a dozen Democratic state legislators plan to endorse him just one day after Maine’s legislative session ended., Read MoreContinue Reading
The incident underscores the practical and political obstacles surrounding Iran’s participation at the World Cup., Read MoreContinue Reading
We speak with Lebanese-born academic Gilbert Achcar about the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, U.S. foreign policy under Traitor 47 and more. Achcar says The Traitor’s military actions in Venezuela and Iran are not as dramatic a departure from U.S. policy as some commentators have suggested, calling it “an old-new imperialContinue Reading
Today, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest federal employee union, celebrated the end of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement:“For the past 76 days, tens of thousands of AFGE members at theContinue Reading
With a deadline at hand for Iran war authorization at hand, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seeks a funding boost for his department amid rising tensions in Congress…Continue Reading
We speak with author and activist Bill McKibben about the worsening climate crisis and why the world must rapidly transition to renewable energy in order to stave off the worst impacts. He says the Iran war has exposed the “utter folly” of fossil fuel dependence. “Sunlight has to travel 93Continue Reading
Today, the Supreme Court issued a decision striking down a congressional map in Louisiana with a second majority-Black district. This decision guts Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and turns the 14th and 15th Amendments against Black Americans.Stand Up America’s Managing Director of Policy and Political Affairs, Brett Edkins,Continue Reading
The MAGA divorce between the ex-Fox News star and the president has taken another bitter turn., Read MoreContinue Reading
Fox News’ Sean Hannity laughed at the Republican’s initial line., Read MoreContinue Reading