October 2020

The battle over a California ballot measure to put a stop to pharmaceutical price gouging is heating up as the election draws near, with Big Pharma pitting itself against consumer watchdogs, parents of sick children, and nurses. Big Pharma has spent nearly $90 million to defeat Proposition 61, which “would require all prescription drugs purchased…

They called it Project X. It was an unusually audacious, highly sensitive assignment: to build a massive skyscraper, capable of withstanding an atomic blast, in the middle of New York City. It would have no windows, 29 floors with three basement levels, and enough food to last 1,500 people two weeks in the event of…

President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE waded back into the Virginia governor’s race this week, highlighting the challenges he presents for both Republican Ed…

U.S. airstrikes carried out Thursday in Kunduz, Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians, including women and children, local officials said. The incident began when a U.S.-Afghan raid targeted “two senior Taliban commanders” in the northern province and the troops came under heavy fire, killing two American servicemembers. Then, the NATO-led mission said on Twitter, airstrikes…

With a Monday deadline, the European Union failed to reach consensus on the pending Canada-EU trade agreement, prompting campaigners to celebrate what they declared to be its final demise. After negotiations fell apart late last week, Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel said Monday that he will not be able to join the other 27 EU…

Former presidential candidate and Vermont Gov. Howard Dean told members of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) gathered in Denver on Friday that he is no longer seeking the party chairmanship. Three additional candidates—Rep. Keith Ellison (Minn.), New Hampshire chairman Raymond Buckley, and South Carolina chairman Jaime Harrison—gave their pitches to state party leaders Friday afternoon,…

Austria’s far-right presidential candidate Norbert Hofer—who some thought might benefit from a so-called “Trump bump” at the polls—conceded defeat on Sunday, paving the way for “liberal-minded” Alexander Van der Bellen to step into the presidency. Exit polls released shortly after the polls closed Sunday showed Van der Bellen with 53.5 percent of the vote and…

As President Barack Obama vows that the United States will take “action” in response to the allegations that Russia interfered with the November election, the U.S. army has started to bring tanks back to a Cold War site in the Netherlands as a show of its “commitment to deterrence in Europe.” The U.S. and Dutch…

“I don’t mean to be disrespectful,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told CNN‘s Jake Tapper on Sunday morning, “but this guy’s a fraud.” The immediate reference was to a meeting President Donald Trump held with Wall Street executives on Friday in which he vowed—in what Common Dreams reported as a “spectacular betrayal”—to repeal key elements of…