World’s 500 richest people gained $1.2 trillion in wealth in 2019: Analysis
"A small handful of billionaires should not be able to accumulate more money than they could spend in 10 lifetimes while millions of Americans are living in poverty and dying because they can't afford healthcare."
Brexit, in Context
The Vote is Many Things, Most of All, It’s a Rejection of Neoliberalism
This one thing made Alex Jones stop lying
It turns out there actually might be a way to stop the constant stream of lies coming from the right-wing media. Sue. Them.
How Bernie can be a hope and change president
If Democrats are looking for Obama 2.0—an inspirational figure with the drawing power of a rockstar celebrity and a mass, multiracial movement behind him—they've found it.
Zinke and Sen. Alexander’s plan to save national parks includes pillaging them
Many are against the proposal to extract fossil fuel from public lands and further fuel the climate change crisis.
‘We need the largest voter turnout’: Sanders takes his campaign to Chicago
“If we’re gonna beat Trump, we need the largest voter turnout in the nation and it looks like Grant Park today.”
Amazon, Instacart workers strike amid coronavirus pandemic
"The richest man in the world can't even provide basic protection for his workers during this pandemic crisis because it hurts his bottom line."
Resistance Spreading Like Water Across The Great Plains
In the coming weeks we have our day in court, and we are optimistic that a federal judge will agree with us that our peaceful exercise of free speech and civil disobedience is legal and cannot be restrained.
Elon Musk and Rahm Emanuel’s new transportation scheme is a privatization bonanza
The development is yet another example of Emanuel’s plan to transform Chicago into a city for the wealthy few.
Police officers charged with murder after tasing man to death
“The actions of the district attorney in filing second degree-murder charges is a big step in providing the public with the security that law enforcement is going to be held accountable.”