On December 12th nearly 200 countries agreed that the pathway to save our planet is to keep 80% of fossil fuels in the ground and move our economy from a carbon based economy to one built on renewable energy President Announces Paris Climate Deal Representatives from 195 countries unanimously committed to deeper emissions reductions aimed at keeping total warming “to well below 2°C [3.6°F] above pre-industrial levels.” The full text of this Paris Agreement goes even further,

#BlackLivesMatter activist Mercutio Southall Jr. the man who was beaten and thrown to the ground by Donald Trump supporters at a campaign rally in Birmingham, Alabama, speaks out. In an interview with ThinkProgress Southall said he thought to himself , “I can’t die today. I’ve got shit to do. I have little kids. Fuck these people.” The single father of three, has been active in the movement for some time now. He told reporters that he had gone to Trump’s event with two frie

Repost via The International Business Times Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders called for criminal justice reform and discussed the Black Lives Matter movement Saturday at the BET's Presidential Justice Forum. Sanders opened his speech at the bipartisan event by listing off what he called "horrible facts." "I’m going to start with an issue that is on everyone’s mind, the continuing struggle for racial justice in America," Sanders said, reported Fusion. Sanders t

During a rally in Birmingham, Alabama, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was interrupted by a protester for Black Lives Matter. Trump responded in his typical fashion by trying to belittle the protester and then calling for his followers to “get him the Hell outta here” him. The protester, a black man, reportedly started chanting Black Lives Matter at a rally in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday. In a video captured by CNN reporter Jeremy Diamond, rally attendees s

Over the weekend CBS hosted the second Democratic National Debate and unlike the RNC debates that has basically been devoid of any substantive discussions on the issues that concern the American voter. The DNC debate displayed differences between the Democratic Party and the Republican party as well as the three candidates running for the party’s nomination. Front runner Hilary Clinton, Clinton’s closest rival and leading candidate in New Hampshire Bernie Sanders squared off

The Governor of New Jersey and current candidate for the GOP nomination for President Chris Christie vetoed legislation on Monday that would have expanded voter participation in the state of New Jersey. Estimates between 1 million and 1.6 million new voters would have been added to the voting rolls had the Christie signed the bill. New Jersey is one of the worst states in the union when it comes to voter participation. “The Garden State” currently ranks 39th in both percentag

Last month an agreement for The Transpacific Partnership was finalized, among the many criticisms of the TPP was lack of transparency In the run up to Fast Track advocates and many members of congress including Bernie Sanders, Keith Ellison, Elizabeth Warren and others demanded the Obama Administration release the text of the deal to the public. After the Fast Track bill was passed by congress; giving President Obama the ability to negotiate the deal with out congressional o

The "Insiders" are trying hard to pick the next President of the United States. A new article by the news site Politico uncovers the relationship of of "campaign bundlers" and lobbying firms which influence legislation on both the state and federal level. Politico examined a list of campaign records that were shared with the media voluntarily by the Bush and Clinton campaigns. A quarter of Clinton supporters who bundled $100,000 or more are in the employ of several lobbying f

MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski on Tuesday slammed Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton's claim implying rival Bernie Sanders was being sexist. “No,” Brzezinski responded flatly on "Morning Joe" on whether the sexism suggestion was merited. MSNBC co-host Joe Scarborough called Clinton's remarks “pathetic.” During a a Democratic women's leadership event on Friday Clinton said that she was told to stop “shouting about gun violence.” During the DNC debate when the dis

Nevada's legal prostitution establishments have been a focus of the media since news broke that former NBA star and Lamar Odom was found unconscious from an apparent overdose and near death in a Las Vegas brothel. Odom who is married to Khloe Kardashian seems to be improving and their is now talks of a reconciliation between Odom and Kardashian. The former Laker has a long history of drug and alcohol abuse and many are calling for investigation of what really goes on in Vegas

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has came out in support of Bernie Sanders for President of the United States. Fresh off his impressive showing at the first DNC debate Senator Bernie Sanders has raised 2 Million dollars (average of 35 bucks per) and more key endorsements both from political figures and celebrities. one of them is Actor, Writer and comedian Seth MacFarlane. Wednesday MacFarlane introduced Bernie Sanders at a rally in Los Angeles. "For me this man has removed

On Tuesday the Democratic National Committee’s first debate aired on CNN. Featuring Democratic candidates; Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Lincoln Chaffee, Martin O’Malley and Jim Webb. The debate was in fact surprisingly heavy on actual issues and less on “political fluff”, despite the lack of in depth discussions on many topics that are important to many voters. The presentation by CNN had an initial feel of a heavy-weight boxing fight. CNN had a “pre-game hype” video posi

Democratic National Committee vice Chair Rep. Tulsi Gabbard a congress woman from Hawaii, was disinvited from the Democrat debate this week because she called out party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. Ms. Gabbard strongly criticized her party and the DNC leadership on CNN for limited numbers of debates for the democratic nomination. During the interview with Wolf Blitzer Ms. Gabbard said "The issue here is not about me saying boohoo I'm going to miss the party," She wen

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press ahead of Tuesday’s first Democratic presidential debate. Host Chuck Todd grilled the Senator from Vermont on various issues from foreign policy, gun control, the economy and faith. Sanders stressed that he will look to contrast his consistent voting record with that of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. When prodded by host Chuck Todd, he began listing issues that Clinton had flip-flopped on. “Ke

On Saturday October 10 The Nation of Islam organized a rally in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the historic Million Man’s March. 20 years reports of attendance ranged from 500,000 to over a million. This year’s theme was “Justice or Else” with estimated numbers between 400,000 and 850,000 Unlike the two decades ago the event was more inclusive with men and women of multiple races in attendance including delegations from Native American tribes. Minister Louis Farrakhan drew

The state of Alabama, is one of the states that requires a photo ID to vote, which is simply a voter suppression tactic imposed by republican law makers. The state of Alabama announced this week that it would stop issuing driver’s licenses in counties where 75 percent of registered voters are black. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency cites budget cuts as the rationale for 31 satellite Department of Motor Vehicle offices no longer providing access to driver’s licenses examiners, m

The Bernie Sanders presidential campaign announced that it had crossed the threshold of one million individual contributions to his campaign. this is a record for U.S. presidential campaigns Barack Obama did not reach this threshold until February of 2008. During his 2012 run for re-election, he did not hit it until October 2011. Bernie Sanders has refused to take any contributions from Political Action Committees (PACs) and the campaign wanted to send a strong message to "Na

Earlier this month Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders gave a speech at traditionally conservative Liberty University. The speech got much media attention for Sanders' willingness to talk to a group of potential voters that generally disagree with him on many issues while at the same time finding common ground. After the speech Bernie Sanders sat down and took on some very tough questions about racial justice, abortion, religious freedom, family values, economy a

There has been increasing scrutiny of the Democratic National Committee's decision only to schedule 6 presidential debates this year, many supporters of Bernie Sanders, Martin O'Malley, Jim Webb have called for more debates. On-lookers have commented that Debbie Wasserman-Schulz is trying to help Hillary Clinton remain the front runner by limiting the number of debates as well as the schedule of the debates which isn't exactly "prime-time" "We want debates," chanted Democr

The tallest candidate in an election traditionally has the best chance of winning in an election and Jeb Bush who is languishing in the polls apparently is willing to try anything. During the CNN Republican debate Jeb Bush who is already 6'3 is shown on his tip toes and with his head tilted up in an attempt to look considerable taller then Donald Trump. Jeb Bush stands on his tippy toes and stretches his arms out to appear "bigger" Statistics show that since 1900, the taller