Colorado River water shortage declared for first time in history
Another bleak indicator of the magnitude of the drought across the West made worse by climate change.
Four Reasons Young Americans Should Burn Their Student Loan Papers
Protest against student loans is a good way to earn the first dividend in the proposed America Permanent Fund. Here are four reasons students should take up the fight against financial firms holding high-interest student loans.
Remote warfare and expendable people
Since September 2001, the United States has been fighting its “war on terror”—what’s now referred to as this country’s “Forever Wars.”
Democrats divided: Historic opposition to $26 billion military aid package for Israel amid Gaza...
A record 40 House Democrats have voted against a controversial bill, citing concerns over the impact of military operations on children in Gaza.
The Republican Debate: Seven Trumped-Up Survivors
Fireworks, muscle flexing, invective: the cage match that was the Republican presidential debate in Charleston, South Carolina.
Democrats, this isn’t politics as usual
Imagine an opposition political party in a land being taken over by an oligarchy, headed by a would-be tyrant.
‘Reckoning’ with the economic marginalization of Native Americans
Efforts to narrow the racial wealth divide must address the disparities that are at the heart of our nation's founding and still run through its veins in the 21st century.
An election in danger?
Even if we get through the 2024 election cycle intact and violence-free, the task of election reform remains both essential and, sadly, all too ignored.
How many fixated right-wingers ‘aided and abetted’ Trump’s crime wave, now ‘accessories after the...
If Trump’s scattergun of skullduggery escapes real, permanent penalties, brace for equally audacious, sneakier political sneaks.
‘Just cancel it’: 85% of young US voters want action on student debt
A plurality of Americans under age 30 surveyed by Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics support canceling all outstanding student loan debt.