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McConnell Faces Calls to Recuse Himself From Impeachment Trial After Saying 'No Chance' Trump Will Be Removed

Progressives Blast New NLRB Union Elections Rule That 'Betrays the Workers It Is Meant to Protect'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

The board's only Democrat said the move "places an unjustified burden on workers seeking to exercise their fundamental workplace rights."

Warren and Sanders Lead 2020 Candidates in Backing Workers Demanding Fair Wages, Vowing Not to Cross Picket Line for Debate

Julia Conley, staff writer

After the progressive senators announced they would not be crossing the picket...

'We Are Furious': As COP 25 Draws to Close, Green Campaigners Fume as Rich Nations Move to Gut Paris Agreement

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Fridays for Future striker Vanessa Nakate of Uganda holds a placard reading "climate can't wait" during a protest on climate emergency, called by environmental groups including Extinction Rebellion and Fridays For Future, outside the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP25 at the 'IFEMA - Feria de Madrid' exhibition centre, in Madrid, on December 13, 2019.

"Just as we thought the slow pace and weak ambition shown at the climate talks...

Ilhan Omar Joins Sanders in Drawing 1,300 People to Largest New Hampshire Rally of 2020 Primary So Far

Biden Parrots 'Profoundly Silly' Narrative That Lesson From UK Elections Is Democrats Should Not Go 'So, So Far Left'

Outrage After South Carolina Gets Trump OK to Attack Medicaid With Work Requirement Policy

'Sick to my Stomach': Explosive Report Details ICE Negligence in Medical Care for Detained Children Resulted in Deaths, Preventable Surgeries

Arms Expert Warns of 'Reckless and Unnecessary Escalation' After Pentagon Tests Missile Banned by INF Treaty That Trump Ditched

Britons Gear Up to Defend NHS From Privatization Scheme as Tories Win Strong Majority in UK Election

'He Is Planning to Rig the Impeachment Trial': McConnell Vows 'Total Coordination' With Trump on Senate Process

'A Vote for We, the People': House Judiciary Committee Approves Two Articles of Impeachment Against Trump

After Scotland Decisively Rejects Brexit and the Tories in General Election, SNP's Sturgeon Calls for Second Independence Referendum

Move Over, Peak Oil. Scientists Say 'Peak Livestock' Must Arrive This Decade to Limit Global Heating

As NLRB Delivers 'Victory' to McDonald's, Docs Reveal Fast Food Giant's Dirty Anti-Union Tactics

Interpreted by Young Progressives as 'Abject Contempt,' Buttigieg Says He Was Also 'Big Fan of Bernie Sanders' at 18

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Brian Wakamo

Postal Pay Cuts Provoked a General Strike in Finland. US Postal Workers Deserve the Same Solidarity.

Sarah Anderson, Sanho Tree

Danny Glover Supports Landmark Reparations Fund in Chicago Suburb

Danica Jorden

Bolsonaro’s Revisionist History of Brazil

Christopher Brauchli

The Perry and the Tweet

Sonali Kolhatkar

Afghanistan Papers Confirm That the Longest War Is a Lie

Marcie Wells

I Have 'Some of the Best' Health Insurance a Union Member Can Get, But I Would Trade It Today for Medicare for All

Joshua Cho

For Corporate Media, Voters Are Obstacle to Buttigieg’s Centrist Rise

John Atcheson

The Influence of Liars and the Failure of Corporate Media

Greg Kaufmann

Trump’s Hunger Games

Hasan Seede

The Recent Natural Gas Blowout in South Texas Highlights the Need for Strong Regulation

Peter Bloom

UK Election Shows Progressive Must Have More Than Great Policies, They Need to Win

Robert Lipsyte

The Six Ways the NFL Groomed Us for President Trump

Brenda Roberts, Sarah Prestoza

Why U.S. and Filipino Call Center Workers Are Working Together

Robert C. Koehler

Letting Our Values Out Of Their Cage

Manuel Pérez Rocha

We Need a Progressive Alternative on Trade—and NAFTA 2.0 Isn’t It

Joshua Cho

Papers Owned By Oligarchs Unsurprisingly Oppose a Wealth Tax

Chris Kromm

Southern States Take Up Fight For Bold Democracy Reforms

Andy Rowell

Outrage as UN Climate Talks Kick Out Civil Society, Not the Polluters

Christopher D. Cook

Centrists Don’t Want "Party Unity"—They Want to Defend the Wealthy

Astra Taylor

British Voters Are Terrified of US Companies Privatizing the NHS. They Should Be.

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Now More Than Ever, Honoring Trump's "Traitors" and "Scum"

On "a very busy day" of tweeting 120 times - lying, ranting, bullying a heroic 16-year-old - we're surprised the Rageaholic-In-Chief didn't get around to attacking the honorable diplomats, analysts and public servants TIME just named Guardians of the Year. Trump reviled them as "traitors" and "human scum"; TIME praised them for taking on the duty of truth-telling in the face of such animus, noting, "The courage they summoned was not to break the law, but to follow it."