Conservative members of the Congress are reportedly encouraging Kid Rock to run for a Tennessee House seat in the 2022 midterms. Politico reported on Friday that “some MAGA members of Congress” are recruiting Kid Rock to run in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District. The rapper and country music star, however, has …
Read More »This Is the Question the January 6th Investigation Must Answer
WASHINGTON — Even before the first hearing of the House select committee to investigate the January 6th insurrection began on Tuesday morning, one question loomed large: Why was law enforcement so utterly unprepared for the violence and upheaval of that day? The testimony given Tuesday by four police officers who …
Read More »Democrats Have a Plan to Start Rebuilding American Democracy. Can They Get It Done?
WASHINGTON — From the moment President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are sworn in at noon on Wednesday, they will face multiple and intertwined crises. A raging pandemic that has now killed more than 400,000 Americans. A deeply unequal economic crash that has claimed millions of jobs while …
Read More »'Deeply Disturbing and Alarming': World Leaders Condemn MAGA Insurrection
Amid Trump supporters’ siege on the Capitol building — an invasion that halted the Electoral College vote and forced members of Congress to go into lockdown — world leaders and organizations reacted to the assault on American democracy on social media. “Disgraceful scenes in U.S. Congress,” U.K. Prime Minister Boris …
Read More »Politician (and Former Soft-Rock Hitmaker) John Hall on Climate Crisis
In honor of Rolling Stone’sClimate Crisis issue, we asked artists to contribute messages about what they, their governments, and everyday people can do to stand up to the threat of climate change. From England to Jamaica to the United States, we are hearing from artists and activists around the world …
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