To donate by check, phone, or other method, see our More Ways to Give page.

×
      LATEST NEWSOPINIONCLIMATEECONOMY POLITICS RIGHTS & JUSTICEWAR & PEACE
      LATEST NEWS
      OPINION

      mehdi hasan

      Texas Gov.Greg Abbott

      'Blood on His Hands': Abbott Under Fire for Busing Migrants to Chicago After 3-Year-Old Dies

      "Not sure how many migrants need to literally die on Greg Abbott's watch for us to treat what's happening at the Texas border as the national scandal that it should be," said one journalist.

      Jessica Corbett
      Aug 12, 2023

      Texas Gov. Greg Abbott faced fresh criticism on Friday after officials confirmed a young child died during a bus trip from the border city of Brownsville to Chicago, Illinois—part of the Republican's monthslong stunt of transporting migrants to communities with Democratic leaders.

      "The Illinois Department of Public Health said the child was 3 years old and died Thursday in Marion County, in the southern part of that state," according toThe Associated Press.

      Keep ReadingShow Less
      News
      greg abbott
      Reporters watch a CNN town hall with former President Donald Trump

      'It Was Shameful': CNN Faces Furious Backlash for Giving Trump a Megaphone to Spew Lies

      "They put a sexual abuse victim in harm's way for views," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "This was a choice to platform lies about the election and Jan. 6th."

      Jake Johnson
      May 11, 2023

      Former President Donald Trump predictably used the megaphone CNN handed him Wednesday night to spew falsehoods about the 2020 election, the January 6 attack, abortion, and E. Jean Carroll, turning the hour-long primetime town hall into what one of the corporate media network's own reporters characterized as a "spectacle of lies."

      Many others echoed that assessment, faulting CNN and its chosen host—Kaitlan Collins, a former reporter for the right-wing Daily Caller—for giving Trump a platform to let loose a torrent of egregious claims with minimal and ineffective real-time fact-checking.

      Keep ReadingShow Less
      News
      cnn trump town hall
      SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER
      Quality journalism. Progressive values. Direct to your inbox.
      Follow Us
      Most Popular

      'Top Tier Trolling': Fetterman Gifts House GOP Case of Bud Light Over Biden Impeachment Hearing

      Senate Dems Want to Cancel All Student Lunch Debt—A 'Term So Absurd That It Shouldn't Even Exist'

      Supreme Court Could Trigger Hundreds of Billions in Corporate Tax Cuts 'With the Stroke of Pen'

      'Doesn't Make a Damn Bit of Difference': Trump Belittles UAW Strike in Speech at Nonunion Plant

      'Unbelievably Cruel': GOP Pushes Astronomical Cuts to Education, Housing, and Food Aid

      A Few Thoughts on This Admission: I Am Old

      We Should Organize for a 20-Hour Work Week

      'He Cannot Be Trusted': Thomas Urged to Recuse From CFPB Case Over Koch Ties

      Democratic Senators Sound Alarm Over Koch-Backed Plot to 'Eviscerate' Regulatory State

      FCC Chair Confirms Plan to Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules Eviscerated Under Trump

      Independent, nonprofit journalism needs your help.
      Please Pitch In
      Today!