Feminist author and freelance writer. Graduate of Oxford University and former organizer for the Clinton campaign. She can be found on Twitter at @diannaeanderson.
Forty percent of student loan debtors do not have college degrees.
By Jesse Valentine - April 22, 2025
Billionaire Harlan Crow is associated with groups that support cuts to Social Security
By Jesse Valentine - April 21, 2025
Allie Phillips could have died carrying her unviable fetus. She fought back by running for office & finally vowed not let lawmakers kill her dream of being a mom. Her story:
By Bonnie Fuller - April 21, 2025
The financial firm says an increase in manufacturing jobs would likely be offset by massive losses in other sectors.
By Jesse Valentine - April 17, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia had been in the country for 14 years and had protected status when ICE agents arrested him on March 15.
By Jesse Valentine - April 16, 2025
Attorney General Jeff Jacskon was elected with 52% of the vote.
By Jesse Valentine - April 11, 2025
Retirement savings plans have lost significant value as a result of Trump’s trade war.
By Jesse Valentine - April 09, 2025
Trump’s international tariff plan has created chaos for global markets and supply chains.
By Jesse Valentine - April 08, 2025
Democrats are calling for acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek to resign.
By Jesse Valentine - April 03, 2025
The repeal was co-sponsored by North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis
By Jesse Valentine - April 03, 2025
Samantha Casiano, an east Texas mother of four, tells her story to COURIER Texas writer Bonnie Fuller.
By Bonnie Fuller - March 28, 2025
Republicans in the state legislature have already introduced more bills seeking to restrict the availability of the abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol.
By Bonnie Fuller - March 28, 2025
Trump promised to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 24 hours and secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
By Jesse Valentine - March 28, 2025
Governors in New Hampshire and Nevada are campaigning as champions of education while backing cuts to public schools.
By Jesse Valentine - March 26, 2025
A bill in the Montana House of Representatives would make it a crime to “traffick a fetus” across state lines.
By Jesse Valentine - March 18, 2025
Decreasing vaccination rates have caused a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico.
By Jesse Valentine - March 11, 2025
The move has been criticized by voters across the political spectrum, including some on the far-right.
By Jesse Valentine - March 10, 2025
Bacon was reelected by less than 6000 votes. Approximately 78,000 of his constituents receive Medicaid.
By - February 28, 2025
Dr. Oz’s business associates could benefit from the change.
By Jesse Valentine - February 27, 2025
President Donald Trump fired the person in charge of investigating Medicaid fraud last month.
By Jesse Valentine - February 26, 2025
McMahon, the co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment, contributed $15 million to Trump’s reelection campaign.
By Jesse Valentine - February 13, 2025
Marko Elez allegedly said “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity.”
By Jesse Valentine - February 10, 2025
Key Republicans at the head of committees that would conduct the investigations into Michael Flynn’s wrongdoing and possible collusion with Russia by members of the Trump administrations have indicated no desire for independent examination. Worse, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, went so far as to say Flynn should actually […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - February 14, 2017
Scott Pruitt, whom Donald Trump has named to head the Environmental Protection Agency, seems to have missed the memo on one of the biggest ongoing environmental hazards in the U.S. Many communities across the United States have been dealing with the crisis of lead contamination — in drinking water, in ground soil, in old paint […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 18, 2017
The House of Representatives voted nearly straight down party lines today to approve a budget that would pave the way for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Nine Republicans peeled away from the crowd to vote no, while five others abstained. No Democrats voted for the measure, leaving the final vote at 227-198. Republicans plan […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 13, 2017
Following Donald Trump’s atrocious Muslim ban and the ensuing massive nationwide protests, Democratic members of Congress are speaking out and taking action. Emboldened by the citizenry, they are introducing legislation to nullify the order, showing that they are willing to bring the fight to the Trump administration and the dangerous new policies emanating from this White House. Action on the […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 31, 2017
One month into Donald Trump’s time in office, the resistance is still going strong, and despite the hopes of some Republicans, it shows no sign of slowing down. Over President’s Day weekend, rallies for #NotMyPresidentsDay took place across the country. Thousands filling the streets of DC, ready to #resist. We will not be silent & allow a […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - February 20, 2017
The response to Donald Trump’s executive order banning refugees from entrance into the United States has been met with protests and resounding outrage from coast to coast. And some of the loudest voices in opposition to the ban have come from evangelical Christian leaders, where a first-hand understanding of the refugee crisis is joining moral indignation to […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 30, 2017
The President of the United States apparently watches Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor. During a segment about the homicide rate in Chicago, a guest specifically called the violence “carnage.” Bill O’Reilly himself went on a long discussion about what the president could do to help, asking “can the feds go in and stop this?” O’REILLY: […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 25, 2017
.@HouseGOP wants to "cut and run." Cut Americans' health care benefits, and run from the consequences. — Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 12, 2017 In a press conference signaling that Democrats would fight hard to protect the Affordable Care Act, Rep. Nancy Pelosi stepped up to the plate to defend the ACA’s achievements in care for seniors […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 13, 2017
During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump successfully billed himself to his supporters as a good leader largely based on his experience as a businessman. The reality is much different: https://www.facebook.com/shareblue/videos/642743119240900/ And more and more, it seems that association with the Trump name has become a third rail for other businesses. After Trump signed his odious executive order […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - February 03, 2017
The Christian Post is the single most read Christian news site in the United States and a consistently conservative voice in U.S. politics. Three weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, Eric Sapp, the author of the site’s most popular op-ed of 2016 (which happened to be supportive of Hillary Clinton), is back with a fiery commentary on […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - February 11, 2017
Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA Director, Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS), faced the Senate intelligence committee on Thursday morning in a relatively short two and a half hour hearing, during which numerous Senators noted that they were saving certain questions for a later, closed hearing. But when it was Senator Angus King’s (I-ME) turn to ask questions, […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 12, 2017
This Friday, when thousands of anti-choice activists descend on Washington, D.C., for the annual March For Life, they will be joined, for the first time in the event’s history, by a sitting White House official: Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump’s campaign manager and now White House counselor, will be speaking at the march, offering official support […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 24, 2017
Rumors swirled following the election that Jerry Falwell, Jr., chancellor of the nation’s largest Christian university, would be appointed by Donald Trump to the post of Education Secretary. The job instead went to Betsy DeVos, but Falwell is not being left behind. Fallwell, Jr. will lead a new federal task force on higher education policy “that will identify […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - February 09, 2017
Following reports of the troubling intelligence assessment that suggests Donald Trump may have been comprised by Russia, Senator Dick Durbin has released a statement calling for a special investigation. Durbin stated that the new report makes Trump’s public statements about Russia “even more worrisome,” and that the claims, “though unverified, warrant serious investigation by a […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 11, 2017
In a daily briefing to the press, Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) minced no words in her comments on Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s Chief Strategist. Trump recently gave Bannon a permanent seat on the National Security Council, while downgrading the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and members of the Defense Department to a “need […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - February 02, 2017
Had a great meeting at CIA Headquarters yesterday, packed house, paid great respect to Wall, long standing ovations, amazing people. WIN! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 22, 2017 President Donald Trump spoke at the CIA on Saturday, an event which was originally scheduled to welcome Mike Pompeo as the new director of the agency, […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 23, 2017
Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos forgot to study for the biggest test of her life. With Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) on the education committee — who, along with fellow Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), is one of the main sponsors of the Campus SaVE Act, which helped write stricter standards for colleges and universities dealing with […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 17, 2017
(Full transcript is available here.) In an unprecedented move Wednesday, Senator Cory Booker testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee against a fellow sitting senator. Along with his colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus, Booker urged the committee to deny Jeff Sessions the Attorney General position, pointing to Sessions’ record on women’s rights, LGBT rights, and voting […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 11, 2017
Donald Trump’s executive order, which temporarily banned immigration from certain Muslim-majority countries, and suspended admission of refugees from Syria, sparked immediate and massive protests and action. The American Civil Liberties Union rushed to sue for an injunction the day following the order, successfully obtaining temporary stays from federal judges on the deportation and detention of refugees and visa […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - February 02, 2017
On January 8th, Representatives Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Katherine Clark (D-MA) both announced that they would not be attending Donald Trump’s inauguration. Gutierrez said he “could not look at my wife, my daughters, or my grandson in the eye” if he attended. And Clark commented that, after many discussions with her constituents, she did not want […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 17, 2017
During his confirmation hearing, Department of Homeland Security nominee, General John Kelly of the Marine Corps, seemed caught entirely off-guard when Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) raised questions about immigrants currently protected under the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, which provides a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 11, 2017
44 years ago today, the Supreme Court handed down an immensely important and controversial decision which reproductive justice activists have been working to protect ever since. In the case of Roe v. Wade, the court declared that a person’s decision to have an abortion was protected by the right to privacy guaranteed by the Due […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 22, 2017
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) has plainly stated that Donald Trump is leading himself into impeachment. When asked about Waters’ statements, White House press secretary Sean Spicer dismissed calls for impeachment by citing nonexistent support for Trump’s policies and presidency: Spicer responds to @MaxineWaters impeachment comments by citing nonexistent widespread support for Trump policies #fakenews pic.twitter.com/HtbQBkcgOm — Tommy moderna-vaX-Topher (@tommyxtopher) […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - February 07, 2017
As Donald Trump takes the oath of office, thousands of women across the United States are preparing protest signs and readying their go-bags. In what promises to be the largest inauguration protest in history, women across the nation will be taking to the streets to protest a man and a presidency that promises to be […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 20, 2017
Moments after Donald Trump announced Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat, Senate Democrats and progressive organizations reacted with vigor, denouncing Republicans for stealing the seat and promising to fight the nomination based on Gorsuch’s troubling record. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) immediately noted “very serious doubts” about […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - February 01, 2017
And did I mention great signs? pic.twitter.com/76HJQ9UG9Y — Mx. D. E. Anderson (@diannaeanderson) January 21, 2017 This morning was cold and drizzly in St. Paul, MN. When I drove up to the state capitol grounds, they looked deserted. It was an hour out from the Women’s March, a nationwide display of resistance against the Donald […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 21, 2017
Breitbart News, the former editorial home of incoming White House Chief Strategist and senior counselor Steve Bannon, has been mainstreaming white supremacy and reshaping politics in the United States in dangerous ways under the euphemism “alt-right” for many years. Under Bannon, who left the site in the summer of 2016 to first become CEO of […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 10, 2017
With the GOP moving forward on their disastrous repeal of the Affordable Care Act, Senate Democrats are highlighting the stories and voices of Americans whose lives have been improved, or even saved, by the law. In a public forum held Thursday, five women told their stories, which had originally been submitted for testimony against Representative Tom […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - January 19, 2017
Roughly three-quarters of white evangelicals approve of Donald Trump’s executive order halting refugee immigration into the United States, but numerous evangelical Christian non-profits and leaders have spoken up in opposition to the ban, and now it is having a direct negative impact on a prominent evangelical charity. Indeed, the latest casualties in Trump’s crusade are the employees at […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - February 17, 2017
When House Democrats met to discuss Donald Trump’s moves toward gutting the consumer protections and financial regulations of the Dodd-Frank Act, Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) had strong messages for Trump. When Waters was asked about her recent comments, wherein she stated that her “greatest desire” is to lead Trump “right […]
By Dianna E. Anderson - February 06, 2017