Koch justice: Billionaires seek to expand influence over law enforcement and courts in 2018
The Kochs’ campaign to influence state attorneys general and state courts has largely flown under the radar.
(Un)happy anniversary!
17 years of war (and more to come).
US midterms: 42 new voting laws since 2021 risk undermining confidence in American democracy
The ability to exercise one’s democratic choice by participating in free and fair elections should not be up for debate.
What America misunderstands about China’s trade resolve
The message is clear: Beijing is prepared to play hardball.
Most Americans are getting poorer. How “health care for the rich” is killing many...
The merciless attacks on low-income health care programs effectively condemn thousands of people to an early death.
VICTORY: Washington DC Raises Minimum Wage to $15
Several other cities have passed minimum wage laws, promising to have a minimum wage of $15 an hour by 2020 or 2021.
Bernie Sanders Seeks to Cut Carbon Emissions by 80%
“What the scientists tell us is that we have a relatively short window of opportunity to bring about the fundamental changes that we need in our global energy system to transform our energy system."
New study shows link between prenatal and infant pesticide exposure and autism in children
The authors of the study believe it's imperative to "avoid prenatal and infant exposure to pesticides to protect early brain development."
Alabama Governor Blocks Minimum Wage Increase After Raising Staffers’ Salaries 80%
Alabama currently has the 48th highest poverty rate in the country, yet their Governor refuses to give them anything above the ridiculously low federal minimum wage.
After a year of Biden, why do we still have Trump’s foreign policy?
President Biden and the Democrats were highly critical of President Trump’s foreign policy, so it was reasonable to expect that Biden would...