Sen. Tim Scott. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Sen. Tim Scott played racist and derogatory voicemails he…
Day: June 23, 2020
Democrats wrestle with how hard to go after Trump’s scandals
House Democrats have spent much of the year averting their gaze — and their most powerful…
Amid VP scrutiny, Kamala Harris leads charge against GOP police bill
Senate Democrats are preparing to torpedo Republicans’ police reform proposal. And vice-presidential frontrunner Kamala Harris is…
Republican senators refuse to back Trump’s ‘treason’ claim against Obama
Sen. Lindsey Graham rebuffed President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claim that Barack Obama had committed treason, saying…
Prosecutor says he was pressured to cut Roger Stone ‘a break’ because of his ties to Trump
Former adviser to President Donald Trump, Roger Stone. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images By KYLE CHENEY and…
Trillion-dollar investors warn Brazil over ‘dismantling’ of environmental policies
Investors managing trillions of dollars in assets have warned Brazil that escalating deforestation and the “dismantling”…
Harris, Booker and Schumer say GOP police plan is ‘not salvageable’
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Now, more than ever, America must make water a human right | Bernie Sanders and Brenda Lawrence
How can it be that in the midst of a pandemic, children living in the richest…
Revealed: millions of Americans can’t afford water as bills rise 80% in a decade
Millions of ordinary Americans are facing rising and unaffordable bills for running water, and risk being…
Is it too much to ask for Americans to have access to clean water in 2020?
Almost exactly 10 years ago, on 28 July 2010, the United Nations declared water a human…