Victory for activists as DNC considers hosting a climate-specific debate
Youth and climate activists had relentlessly expressed their desire for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to host a climate change presidential debate....
Trump’s Fourth of July
We must share these ideals if we are to have a functioning society. Without them, there is no America.
Fooled Again
We have once more been baited and hooked by the corporate elites who look upon the electorate as malleable and disposable.
Connecticut bans utilities from billing customers for lobbying efforts
The new law marks the third comprehensive effort by a state to prevent utilities from using consumers’ monthly bills to fund political efforts.
The Pain of Modern Life
Suicide is the third highest cause of death in the world. The pressure of life, causing extreme emotional distress, is the common denominator. Has suicide become a worldwide epidemic?
Nobody needs a lecture on morality from Paul Ryan
The Republican House speaker is out to steal away Americans’ hard-earned retirement benefits.
Looming Trump Whoppers: What If We Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet?
Winning will not make Trump curb his media-driven excesses -- or think less of his matchless, instinctive brilliance. Au contraire. Does not Trump’s attention-getting gimmickry demand ever more outlandish bellowing? That suggests worse is yet to come. So let’s take current Trumpery to its “logical” extension. Does not understanding Trumpism advance by imagining his first State of the Union address?
Rep. Jamaal Brown introduces legislation that will propose income tax reform for ultra-wealthy
The introduced tax code for the nearly 700 billionaires would raise $1 trillion over ten years, according to a press release.
On Int’l Women’s Day: Women’s equality: What will it take, what will it yield?
Where women have found a foothold, the results have been astounding.
The Kochs Are Ghostwriting America’s Story
Progressives need to fight back with their own "metanarrative" against the tall tales of the right wing.