After weeks of authoritarian threats to crush protests with the military, cancel elections, conquer foreign countries, and send masked agents door-to-door to round up anyone who can’t prove their ...
Human rights defenders on Wednesday accused U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of “incitement to genocide” after the South Carolina Republican urged Israeli forces to destroy Gaza—and he wasn’t the only ...
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“Under Lee Zeldin, anti-pollution enforcement is dying a quick death,” remarked PEER Executive Director Tim Whitehouse, ...
On the 16th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United decision that unleashed unlimited election spending ...
In response to President Trump's speech at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, Nabil Ahmed, senior director of economic ...
Today marks one year since Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term as President of the United States.Public Citizen co-presidents Robert Weissman and Lisa Gilbert issued the following ...
Three British activists jailed for alleged involvement with the banned anti-genocide group Palestine Action ended their monthslong hunger strike late Wednesday after the UK government rejected a $2.7 ...
Federal immigration agents have detained at least four children from Minnesota public schools over the past two weeks, including a 5-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl who were both sent to Texas ...
Sixteen years ago, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in Citizens United that allows corporations to flood our elections with unlimited amounts of money.Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman, co-presidents ...
In what has been described as a “barrage of attacks on workers,” the U.S. Department of Labor under President Donald Trump is planning to overhaul dozens of rules that protect workers from ...
As millions of Americans face cuts to their healthcare and food assistance, Trump pocketed at least $1.4 billion during his first year back in office in what the New York Times described as an ...