Paul Ryan receives half a million in Koch contributions just days after passing tax...
“It looks like House Speaker Ryan is quickly being rewarded for passing this legislation that overwhelmingly benefits the Koch's and billionaires like them."
Trump’s proposed budget slashes SNAP funding and ends recipients’ ability to choose food
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, will no longer be in monetary form and instead recipients will receive "USDA Foods package."
US-led endless war and overseas attacks funded by tax payers’ money
"It's devastating to know who paid for it: we did."
“In this together”: Vietnam and New Zealand in the time of social distancing
One thing that’s striking about the examples being set by both Vietnam and New Zealand is how important social solidarity has been to successfully confronting this highly contagious disease.
Top cancer researcher fails to disclose corporate financial ties in major research journals
A senior official at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has received millions of dollars in payments from companies that are involved in medical research. His omissions expose how weakly conflict-of-interest rules are enforced by journals.
Court allows Trump to bulldoze environmental laws for border wall
"Congress has ceded its authority to Trump, who has swept aside fundamental public safety and environmental laws to build walls that won't work."
Oklahoma cops charged with hiding evidence from gang shooting
They are scheduled for a jury trial in late January.
What will happen when robots take over?
The greatest danger is that we will not agree on a road to happiness but rather one that leads to division and despair.
Sanders to join grassroots opposition of Republican-backed tax law in Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan
Sanders, who called the tax law "one of the worst pieces of legislation in the modern history of our country," along with many other Democrats, are calling for a repeal.
What Joe Crowley’s defeat has to do with Democratic Party ‘superdelegates’
The defeat of Crowley shows how grass-roots movements can prevail against the corporate establishment and its vast quantities of cash.