Nepo babies and the myth of the meritocracy
Society’s top tiers are rife with nepotism. It’s past time to expose just how much unearned wealth and power has been accrued by elites.
US became largest exporter of liquefied natural gas in 2022
Due to the energy needed in the natural gas liquefaction process, LNG terminals produce an enormous amount of greenhouse gas emissions.
The little secret about corporate profits
The power of big corporations to raise their prices higher than their costs are rising.
School vouchers have been a disaster—now advocates are trying to rename them
What you need to know about education savings accounts, a kind of “super-voucher.”
Can NATO and the Pentagon find a diplomatic off-ramp from the Ukraine war?
The precarious fine line the United States and NATO are walking in Ukraine, caught between their commitment to an open-ended, ever-escalating war and the existential danger of nuclear war that it may lead to.
‘The GOP is irretrievably broken’: House adjourns after McCarthy fails to win speakership
"Unfortunately, it's the American people who will pay the price for House Republicans' inability to govern."
Senate passes bill to fund government through Oct. 2023, Biden signs it into law
With the bill facing opposition from Republicans in the House, the "slim Democratic majority" is said to get the bill passed.
Just over 1 in 4 members of Congress in 2023 will be women –...
In order for women to gain half of the seats in Congress, more women need to run, especially on Republican tickets.
2022 was a big year for climate action in the courts
The past year saw major developments in accountability cases against oil companies and national governments around the world, as well as setbacks for several high-profile fossil fuel projects.
Unified by national leaders and results-driven storylines, Democrats show up the obstructionist, do-nothing right
Dems make the future palatable,/ The right twists it intolerable.