The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with histories of misconduct, including contract fraud and other violations, and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman accepted at least $32,500 from military contractors that cheated taxpayers dozens of times. Lockheed Martin was cited for 88…
Catholic Archbishop of Washington slams Trump
President Donald Trump’s appearance in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church across from the White House drew sharp condemnation from top religious leaders, including Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory and congregants of a wide range of spiritual faiths. The erratic, ignorant…
Progressive Rising Endorses Lisa McCormick for Congress
Progressive Rising is proud to announce its endorsement of Lisa McCormick for U.S. House of Representatives. Lisa McCormick, who earned a dazzling four of ten Democratic primary votes in her 2018 race for US Senate, has been fighting for the working class with…
FDA forcing patients to risk lives to get medication
Against a nationwide medical consensus, the FDA is forcing patients to endure life-threatening risks to access medication to end an early pregnancy or treat a miscarriage. The COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe and upended normal life. In the four…
Chaos follows police killing of unarmed George Floyd
Chaos has unfolded in at least 140 cities across America marking the sixth evening of demonstrations decrying the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man whose death was captured on video in Minneapolis. More than 50 Secret Service…
Killer cop charged for George Floyd’s death
Derek Chauvin charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, the unarmed man whose death incited mass protests. After Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, appeared in a viral video with his knee on George Floyd’s…
Elizabeth pols, developer profit by slave labor
Elberon Development Group, a third-generation family business founded in 1920, has been identified as the owner of the Elizabeth Detention Center. A group of human rights supporters is asking Elberon to end its lease with the barbaric for profit prison…
Americans are deferring medical care in pandemic
The recent stay-at-home orders instituted by most states to help curb the spread of coronavirus impacted most industries, including the health care sector as many hospitals and medical care providers closed for non-emergency services and many patients with non-emergency conditions…
Rabid bat found in Middlesex County
The Middlesex County Office of Health Services is reporting that a bat tested positive for rabies in the Piscataway, Middlesex County, in the vicinity of Rivercrest Drive and Ludlow Street. This is the third rabid animal reported within Middlesex County…
Can the Yang Gang Take Out Frank Pallone?
Andrew Yang has endorsed Russ Cirincione, a progressive lawyer who promised his toddler that he would protect him from climate disaster, in his Democratic congressional primary contest. The former Democratic presidential candidate and his political group, Humanity Forward, are endorsing…
NJ Supreme Court orders removal of Judge
The New Jersey Supreme Court ordered the removal of an Ocean County Superior Court judge who asked a rape victim if she attempted to close her legs after she described the assault during a domestic violence hearing. “Based on our…
Trump order shows lack of concern for human life
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to keep employees at meat processing plants working throughout the ongoing coronavirus epidemic despite the crowded conditions that make such workplaces ripe for fresh COVID-19 outbreaks. Tyson — one of the nation’s largest producers and…
Twitter: Trump tweets twist the truth
After ignoring one rule violation after another, in which the platform’s most prominent user launched personal attacks on individuals, advocated the most horrific kinds of violence and straight up lied thousands of times, the social media website Twitter.com is flagging…