How EMILY’s List and Center for American Progress Sold Out to Bloomberg

Common Dreams Staff / Common Dreams Feb 16, 2020 His millions kept the Center for American Progress, from publishing reports critical of the NYPD surveillance of Muslim communities. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Joe Biden Can’t Outrun His Record on Social Security

Alex Lawson / Independent Media Institute Jan 17, 2020 As a senator of Delaware, he repeatedly tried to freeze federal spending. Democrats would be suicidal to nominate him against Donald Trump. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Kamala Harris Has Nothing to Offer Progressives

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Aug 22, 2019 If the California senator is already backing away from Medicare for All, why should we trust that she's committed to a Green New Deal? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Kamala Harris’ New Health Plan Draws Critics From All Sides

JUANA SUMMERS / The Associated Press Jul 29, 2019 The onslaught offers a preview of the fighting that will likely unfold over two nights of presidential debates that begin Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Facebook Has Ignored Its Secret Hate Groups for Years

Ariana Tobin / ProPublica Jul 3, 2019 A new report on the online activities of border patrol officials raises questions about how the site is moderating users' posts, if at all. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Wall Street Has Its Top Democratic Hopefuls All Picked Out

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Jun 17, 2019 A new report finds the financial industry is lining up behind Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Kamala Harris and former Vice President Joe Biden. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders Removes the Gloves

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Apr 15, 2019 In a blistering letter, the Vt. senator accuses the Center for American Progress of "belittling progressive ideas," rekindling an old feud. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Democrats Can’t Lose Their Nerve on ‘Medicare for All’ Now

RICHARD J. ESKOW / Independent Media Institute Jan 31, 2019 A new survey indicates that the bill is less popular than polling suggests. But on closer examination, its findings are highly misleading. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Liberal Think Tank Faces Fresh Scrutiny for Ties to United Arab Emirates

Ilana Novick Jan 17, 2019 The Center for American Progress has fired two staffers amid concerns they leaked internal memos to the media. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Neoconservatives Are Ascendant in Donald Trump’s America

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Jan 4, 2019 The Weekly Standard may be dead, but neocons enjoy new influence in both parties, writes Stephen Wertheim in The New York Review of Books. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Democrats, Too, Love Trump’s Wars

Adam H. Johnson / Truthdig Apr 16, 2018 Limp procedural arguments calling for Congress to rubber-stamp a war is not opposing war. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Health Care Bait-and-Switch

Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report Mar 9, 2018 The Center for American Progress, Hillary Clinton’s favorite think tank, is working to make sure single-payer health care never happens. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )