US and China push global military spending to record high
U.S. military expenditure along accounted for 36 percent of total global military spending, as much as the next eight biggest-spending countries combined.
“The ideas that I am fighting for now didn’t come to me yesterday”: Bernie...
"What distinguishes my candidacy from the others is I have been fighting for the working families of this country for many, many decades."
DOJ appeals as Trump judge blocks student debt cancellation with ‘farcical’ ruling
"A federal judge conspired with right-wing politicians and corrupt corporations to block life-changing student debt relief for tens of millions of families," said one campaigner.
Cults, cults, everywhere—raring to bash majority rule, pluralism, justice, science and rationality. Isn’t that...
Thanks to its own greed, egotism, buffoonery, incompetence, and ruthlessness, the MAGA cult is already splitting apart, squandering its overweening power.
Australia plans to dump more than 1 million tons of sludge in Great Barrier...
"The last thing the reef needs is more sludge dumped on it, after being slammed by the floods recently. One million tonnes of dumping dredged sludge into world heritage waters treats our reef like a rubbish tip."
“It is time to send a message to corporate America”: Here’s Sanders plan to...
"At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, the American people are demanding that large, profitable corporations pay their fair share of taxes."
Budweiser’s commitment to go green is this year’s Super Bowl message
"Those who wait for the best commercials all year expect Budweiser to show up big, and we felt there was no better way to show up this year than to talk about our commitment to Renewable Electricity."
Middle East – How America shot itself in the foot
The U.S. needs to learn the art of diplomacy instead of spending a lot of time constantly demonizing and threatening other countries.
‘Madness’: Ohio GOP passes bill to arm teachers
"We aren't trusted with the books we choose, but somehow we're supposed to be trusted with a gun in school?" asked one teachers' union leader.
Sanders warns Congress is working ‘behind closed doors’ on $50 billion in corporate welfare
"If you can believe it," said the Vermont senator, "this legislation may also provide a $10 billion bailout to Jeff Bezos, the second-wealthiest person in America."