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Banning Congresswomen Omar and Tlaib from entering Israel and Palestine is a sign of enormous disrespect to these elected leaders, to the Congress, and to principles of democracy. Reactions: Sanders, Warren, Nadler, MPower Change, J Street, and AIPAC

Reader Comments: Investigating Trump; Medicare for All; New Red Scare; Concentration Camps and Holocaust Museum; Iran; Exploitation; Socialism; Asylum and Refugees; Resources: Reparations Now Tool Kit; Why End War; Climate Change for Workers

At a historic hearing, progressives make the case for expanding—not cutting—Social Security benefits. The last time Congress enacted increases was 1972.

Now, Congress must act. Answers were in response to basic questions about attempts by the president and his aides to undermine his inquiry. This corrected the ongoing disinformation campaign conducted by Trump and his attorney general, William Barr.

Do Republicans value democracy or the rule of law? The answer is clear, but there's still time to fight back. Our political system could be in peril. Democracy probably cannot survive if one of two major political parties is indifferent to its fate.

Reader Comments: Trump Attacks Elected Members of Congress; We stand With Them; Immigration, Concentration Camps, ICE, Border Patrol and Doing Something; Iran and Oil; World Cup; Arnautoff Mural; Resources, Announcements; and more....

Elites make trade boring for a reason. Here's how to fight back. These agreements don't just set tariffs and other trade restrictions. They may end up governing the quality of your water. They're about the price of your medications....

Trump campaigned on getting the US out of ‘endless wars’ – but his administration is taking us down a path that makes war more and more likely

Reader Comments: Impeachment - Time for Congress to Act; New Restrictions on Travel to Cuba; Measuring Unemployment; German Bundestag anti-BDS resolution; Socialist Strategy; Juneteenth history; Reclaim Pride Coalition; lots of announcements....

Mueller came as close as possible saying that he would have indicted Trump for obstruction of justice, if Justice Department policy allowed him to do so. "If we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so.