In a move viewed as further evidence of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ continued momentum in the polls and among potential voters in the 2016 presidential election, some Hillary Clinton supporters have gone on the offense against the self-described democratic socialist. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), a Clinton backer, launched what The Hill described as “the sharpest attack…

After more than two months of war and an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis that has become lost in the global news cycle, independent journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports Tuesday from the ground in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa  to offer an up-close look at the devastation. Speaking with Democracy Now! on Tuesday, Kouddous warned that…

The UK government on Tuesday handed out dozens of new drilling licenses to energy companies looking to launch fracking operations in the country’s rural areas, just days after officials imbued ministers with new powers to fast-track fossil fuel exploration against residents’ wishes. The Oil and Gas Authority issued 27 new drilling licenses to 12 energy…

President Trump is willing to help the GOP in April’s nationally watched Georgia special election “if needed,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday. But Spicer stayed noncommittal about whether Trump would actually campaign or offer other concrete support on the high-profile race to fill the House seat last held by Tom Price, now…

On the eve of a once-in-a-decade White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA)—and in the face of what they describe as the “impending retirement savings crisis facing this nation”—a group of 70 Democratic lawmakers led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) on Sunday called on President Barack Obama to expand Social Security…

File this under unsurprising, but nefarious nonetheless. Members of U.S. Congress who vote against mandatory labeling for genetically modified (GMO) products receive three times as much funding from the food and agriculture lobbies as their colleagues, according to new reporting from Open Secrets, a project of the Center for Responsive Politics. The political finance watchdog…

Over 500 former Peace Corps volunteers are calling on the U.S. government to withhold military aid and stop funding the Dominican Republic’s ethnic cleansing of people of Haitian descent, adding theirs to the cacophony of voices—from Pope Francis to United Nations experts to thousands marching in Port-au-Prince—speaking out against the mass-scale human rights violations. In…

Tens of thousands anti-government protesters clashed with police in central Beirut on Sunday evening just hours after Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam hinted he might step down following violence triggered by the month-long ‘You Stink’ trash protests. Gunfire was heard as government riot police opened fire in an apparent effort to drive protesters away from…

As refugees are stranded at train stations, attacked by riot police, and killed during the perilous journey across the Mediterranean, Europe’s failure to address the rising humanitarian crisis is being met with global outrage and sorrow. Now, many are also looking across the Atlantic to the United States, where observers say key responsibility for the…

Facing the largest student uprisings since South Africans toppled apartheid, President Jacob Zuma pledged Friday to halt tuition fee increases in the year 2016—prompting declarations of victory, as well as calls to continue the mass mobilizations until free education is won for all. “A famous victory won by the hard struggle of students. We are…