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SHARE Monday, July 8, 2019 Netroots Nation-- Philly July 11-13 See You There
Netroots Nation, America's largest annual progressive conference, kicks off this week in Philadelphia, and you're invited! And OpEdNews will be there. Will we see you?
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, March 3, 2017 Drone Resisters Acquitted, Juror Tells Them: "Keep Doing It"
After deliberating for only about a half hour, the jury returned with a verdict of not guilty on all charges. Applause erupted in the courtroom upon the jurors' announcement of the verdict. The four were charged with obstruction of government administration, disorderly conduct, and trespass and faced a year in jail.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, August 12, 2016 Julian Assange to be questioned inside embassy as Ecuador agrees to set date
Assange has been living inside the embassy for more than four years and has been granted political asylum by Ecuador. He has offered to be questioned inside the embassy but Swedish prosecutors have only recently agreed.
(47 comments) SHARE Sunday, July 10, 2016 Democrats Adopt Most Progressive Platform in Party History
Pressed by supporters of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, Democratic Party platform writers meeting this weekend in Orlando, Florida, adopted a progressive agenda that underscores the need for bold action on climate change, addresses criminal justice reform and calls for doubling the federal minimum wage.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Sanders Links Clinton to Panama Papers Scandal, Says She's Not Qualified to Be President
Responding to Hillary Clinton's attempt to portray him as unqualified for the White House, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders linked her to a trade pact exploited by wealthy individuals and profitable corporations to avoid paying taxes. Then he ticked off reasons she is not qualified to be president
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, February 25, 2016 Sanders Challenges Clinton to Commit to Stopping Job-Killing Trade Deals
"If Secretary Clinton really wanted to stop the loss of manufacturing jobs in Ohio she should have joined Senator Sanders in opposing the North American Free Trade Agreement and permanent normal trade relations with China," Sanders' Policy Director Warren Gunnels said.
SHARE Thursday, February 18, 2016 Sanders Stresses Economy, Voting Rights, Courts in Conference with Civil Rights Leaders
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders met Thursday at the National Urban League offices here with leaders of nine historic civil rights organizations.
Sanders congratulated the organizations for their work on what he called "profound issues" confronting the country.
(39 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Moveon Endorses Bernie Sanders; Top Five Reasons Why
With a record-setting 78.6 percent of 340,665 votes cast by the MoveOn membership, Senator Bernie Sanders has won MoveOn.org Political Action's endorsement for president with the largest total and widest margin in MoveOn history.