A Clinton Aide Once Called Hillary 'Quite Culturally Conservative'

In her quest to secure the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton has alternately described herself as "a progressive who likes to get things done" and "kind of moderate and center." So Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) touched a nerve this week when he said in New Hampshire that Clinton is only a progressive on "some days."

"Some days, yes," Sanders told a reporter Tuesday. "Except when she announces that she is a proud moderate. And then I guess she is not a progressive."

San Francisco Clears Out Homeless Ahead Of The Super Bowl

Millions of football fans are expected to descend on San Francisco to watch the Super Bowl at Levi’s Stadium in nearby Santa Clara on Sunday. But ahead of their arrival, San Francisco is shuffling its homeless population elsewhere.

The city has said that it relocated 24 people from six blocks along the waterfront, where the weeklong “Super Bowl City” will be set up, giving them slots at the Navigation Center, a homeless shelter that offers meals and helps people find permanent housing without imposing a curfew. Yet the shelter is in such high demand that it has a waiting list 150 people long, all of whom were skipped over to relocate those who were moved to make way for Super Bowl visitors. “From the perspective of a homeless person, that’s unfair,” Laura Guzman, director of Navigation Center, told the Wall Street Journal.

TPP is ‘Fundamentally Flawed,’ and Should be Resisted, Says U.N. Human Rights Expert

The leading United Nations expert on human rights is calling upon the 12 nations considering the Trans-Pacific Partnership to reject the trade agreement, out of concerns that it “is out of step with today’s international human rights regime.”

Alfred de Zayas, the UN’s independent expert on the promotion of democratic and equitable international order, said the TPP “is fundamentally flawed and should not be signed or ratified unless provision is made to guarantee the regulatory space of States.”

Mayor Tory wants council to wait on Uber injunction

Toronto Mayor John Tory is trying to head off immediate legal action against Uber, while suggesting he’ll support kicking the company out of Toronto if it doesn’t play by new taxi rules coming this spring.

At city council on Wednesday, Tory proposed an amendment to a motion that would order city lawyers to seek an injunction banning Uber, which in Toronto uses app-dispatched cabs, and UberX, where private citizens drive customers in their private vehicles.

Elizabeth Warren: American Justice Is 'Rigged' In Favor Of The Rich

WASHINGTON -- In a scorching speech from the Senate floor on Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said the American criminal justice system is rigged in favor of the wealthy, and condemned new legislation that would make it harder to prosecute bank fraud.

"There are two legal systems," Warren said. "One for the rich and powerful, and one for everyone else."

Pharma Bro Emails Reveal Just How Greedy Drug Companies Can Be

"$1bn here we come."

That was the triumphant message sent by then-Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli, the infamous "Pharma Bro" who jacked up the price of a life-saving drug by 5,000 percent last year, when it became clear his firm could acquire the rights to the medicine. The email went to Turing's presumably pleased board of directors last May.

New Privacy Deal May Not Actually Stop U.S. Snooping

A new deal reached between the United States and European Union Tuesday would allow American companies like Facebook to continuing collecting personal data from people who live across the Atlantic.

While this might make business easier for corporations, experts are worried that without reform of surveillance laws in the United States, the new arrangement -- known as the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield -- could still leave people vulnerable to the prying eyes of the American government.

Charles Sousa criticized for ignoring public consultations with early budget plan

Opposition MPPs took Finance Minister Charles Sousa to the woodshed Tuesday, saying talk of an early budget is a “slap in the face” to costly pre-budget hearings in six cities.

With Sousa expected to unveil his fiscal blueprint March 3 or 10, Progressive Conservatives and the NDP said the budget will be out before the legislature’s finance committee can report on what Ontarians want to see in it.

The U.S. Just Struck A Crucial Deal With Europe On Data Privacy

European and U.S. negotiators agreed to a data pact on Tuesday that should prevent European Union regulators from restricting data transfers by companies across the Atlantic.

The European Union and the United States have been racing to replace the previous transatlantic data transfer framework called Safe Harbour.

David Cameron's European Union Draft Deal: Six Things We Learned

1. THE TORY MANIFESTO REALLY ISN'T GOSPEL

The Conservative manifesto was pretty clear last year on the vexed issue of migrant benefits. It thundered: “We will insist that EU migrants who want to claim tax credits and child benefit must live here and contribute to our country for a minimum of four years”.