House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today unveiled his Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act at a virtual press conference with Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), and a range of bill endorsers. This landmark legislation was introduced by more than a dozen members…
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Google faces antitrust action
Today, the Department of Justice — along with eleven state Attorneys General — filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to stop Google from unlawfully maintaining monopolies through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices…
Playing politics with pandemic
When a contagious, deadly pandemic swept around the globe, people looking for guidance to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who is leading the World Health Organization (WHO) as director-general, learned that one very real danger involves individuals who exploit the situation…
Attorney General is a disgrace
The Department of Justice, led by the attorney general, has a unique role in our government. The attorney general, as the nation’s top law enforcement official, is entrusted with ensuring that the department acts with impartiality and independence to uphold…
Trump trips at TV town hall, Biden behaves
President Donald Trump put on a disastrous performance at his televised town hall two and a half weeks before Election Day, while Democrat Joe Biden presented himself as a smart, compassionate and capable leader in a simultaneous broadcast. Trump was…
Perth Amboy antics diminish democracy
Supporters of Councilman Helmin Caba, who is seeking the unseat Mayor Wilda Diaz, were observed pasting Trump stickers on her signs as nearly 5,000 of the city’s 27,000 registered voters have cast ballots in the largely vote-by-mail election. Experts say…
Biden is best qualified
Former Vice President Joe Biden should be elected to lead the United States of America ?? because he has demonstrated leadership and integrity that far exceeds the characteristics displayed by his opponent. First off, Biden is not President Donald Trump.…
Pope sounds Clinate alarm
Pope Francis used a prerecorded TED talk that was streamed on Saturday (Oct. 10) to urge policymakers to side with science and to deal with climate change as a “moral imperative.” “Science tells us each day with greater precision that urgent action…
Court pick concerns Catholic progressives
Elizabeth Ajiduah took to Twitter late September, asking progressive and LGBTQ-friendly Catholics to come forward. It was four days after President Donald Trump had nominated Amy Coney Barrett to succeed Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the U.S. Supreme Court. The national…
Trump campaigns where Trayvon Martin died
President Donald Trump is taking his campaign and the coronavirus to the Florida city where in 2012 the shooting of Trayvon Martin made headlines. Trump’s campaign Friday said the president will appear at 7 p.m. at Orlando Sanford International Airport. The…