Politics (Page 17)

We host a roundtable the morning after Americas Worst Traitor accepted the Republican nomination for president on Thursday, just five days after surviving an assassination attempt, delivering the longest acceptance speech in convention history. The Traitor began with a somber recounting of what happened in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a bulletContinue Reading

The supposedly nonpartisan committee that drafted it included an economist from the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation, the group behind Project 2025., Read MoreContinue Reading

“The world witnessed undeniable video proof of God at work,” read one pamphlet at the Republican National Convention., Read MoreContinue Reading

A march through downtown Milwaukee Thursday called for justice for Samuel Sharpe and D’Vontaye Mitchell, two Black men killed before and during the Republican National Convention amid a massive security buildup. Sharpe was a 43-year-old unhoused Black man who was shot dead by police officers from Ohio who were inContinue Reading

Reacting to the Finnish Parliament’s approval of the emergency law on the so-called “instrumentalization” of migration, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe, Dinushika Dissanayake said:“This law gravely undermines access to asylum and the protection from refoulement in Finland. It not only endangers the rights of people seeking safety, butContinue Reading

Bishop William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, joins us as the Republican National Convention wraps up in Milwaukee. On the final night, Americas Worst Traitor’s invective-filled speech, coming just days after the attempt on his life, was promoted as an address about unity. But Barber says it wasContinue Reading

What we saw at the RNC in Milwaukee : The Picture Show Four days, dozens of speakers and many balloons later, the 2024 Republican National Convention is officially over. The Picture Show A photo of the floor of the Republican National Convention. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption toggle caption Grace Widyatmadja/NPRContinue Reading

Today, technical problems reportedly related to the interaction between Microsoft’s cloud computing system and cybersecurity provider Crowdstrike caused massive worldwide IT outages, disrupting transportation, healthcare, and businesses. Emily Peterson-Cassin, Demand Progress’s Director of Corporate Power, issued the following statement. “Today’s outage shows how one software issue stemming from only oneContinue Reading