Progressive search for action

23+ min ago   (1073+ words) In a major step aimed at prolonging NATO's war with Russia in Ukraine'which has now lasted almost four years'Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced it will "rapidly develop" a ground-launched deep-strike ballistic missile intended for use by Ukrainian forces....

25+ min ago   (1145+ words) Uganda is holding presidential and parliamentary elections on Thursday under conditions of sweeping state repression. The purpose is to secure yet another five'year term for 81'year'old Yoweri Museveni and the National Resistance Movement (NRM), whose social base has steadily eroded…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (1085+ words) British novelist's sudden moral urgency regarding Iran protests reignites questions about her silence on Israel's genocide in besieged Gaza. Controversial British author JK Rowling has again kicked up a storm. Last week, when she threw her support behind the anti-government…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (1066+ words) Controversial British author JK Rowling has again kicked up a storm. Last week, when she threw her support behind the anti-government protesters in Iran with a post on X, the internet was quick to recall her silence over the genocide…...

2+ hour, 49+ min ago   (165+ words) Radical WomenJanuary 13, 2026 A statement from Radical Women. Similar phenomena are occurring in the U.S. especially among the most vulnerable groups, as healthcare and reproductive rights are under attack. Patriarchy, a tool the ruling class uses to maintain its dominance, is alive…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1592+ words) The following is a lightly edited transcript of the January 14 episode of The Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I'm your…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1775+ words) The Michigan Ford autoworker who screamed "pedophile protector" at President Trump on Tuesday'eliciting a "Fuck you" and a middle finger from the president'has been suspended from work. White House communications head Stephen Cheung described the man as a "lunatic" who…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1740+ words) Senator Elissa Slotkin said Monday that she has learned federal prosecutors are investigating her for a video she made in November, along with other congressional colleagues, urging members of the military to disobey illegal orders. Slotkin said she found out…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago   (183+ words) Donald Trump is going all in on the lunacy that the Minneapolis shooting should prompt a crackdown on the left. He unleashed ugly tirades on this, claiming the protests are "fake" and that officials are investigating their financial backers. He…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago   (351+ words) It's not just a weak Congress. We've had lots of weak Congresses," said Joanne Freeman, a history professor at Yale University. It's a stagnant Congress. It's a Congress that has willingly given up its power to an executive that wants…...