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Drain the Swamp. Oil | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj. Boy Erased | Movie. Ice Cube | Arrest the President. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Joins Climate Change Activists in Protest at Nancy Pelosi's Office

Liberal lawmakers are teaming up with Move On and Indivisible

If moving government leftward is part of our mission, growing a political movement from the bottom up will require ballot initiatives

The great linguist and political critic remains hopeful that we can overcome global warming and other threats

California’s two wildfires have left more than 66 people dead and 600 missing. Thousands of homes and 260,000 acres have burned. Climate Scientist Daniel Swain talks about the influences on California’s wildfires and what the future could bring.

"Apparently, neither Saudi Arabia's brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi nor its mid-summer bombing of a school bus packed full of children were enough to break the ice surrounding House Majority Leader Paul Ryan's heart."

Democrats have to keep reminding themselves, and America, that they beat Trump and the Republicans in the competition that mattered most - the only truly national competition this fall. The Democratic mandate is not overwhelming. But it is real.

Nine new representatives will boost Congress’ African American membership to a record-high of at least 55.

"Indivisible," which organized protests around the country against the president, has written a 'how-to' guide for a progressive agenda in Congress.

Since the 2016 elections, corporate media narratives about US politics have fixated on the “white working class” as a pivotal demographic, presented as a hardscrabble assortment of disaffected outsiders.