Summer Lee blasts GOP’s ‘pro-starvation agenda’ as McCarthy plots food aid cuts
"My family and I depended on food stamps. So do over 65,000 men, women, and children in the community I serve," said the Pennsylvania Democrat.
Medicaid Cutoffs: an America horror story
Some 15 million Americans on Medicaid are now being thrown off the program. No elected official should stand for this.
Clarence Thomas proves it’s time for Supreme Court term limits
If justices can be bought by billionaires, lifetime terms only enable corruption rather than protect the U.S. Supreme Court from undue influence.
Oxfam shows US billionaires almost a third richer today than when covid hit
"At a time when the ultrawealthy are amassing historic and dangerous levels of wealth, a federal wealth tax offers a vital and necessary tool for directly redressing extreme wealth inequality."
What American media won’t tell us about the Putin/XI Meeting, Part II
An authoritarian approach to such a threat can never work – democracies have to lead.
How Koch cash is bankrolling the effort to kill Big Tech reform
When the next big disaster unfolds due to deregulation, don’t be fooled.
Donald Trump and America’s democratic reputation
Because of Donald Trump, U.S. democracy has become an object of derision around the world.
People power: Focus and unite
Focus and unite . . . the only sane and possible solution.
Taliban extends ban on Afghan women working to include UN’s mission in the country
The extended ban comes after the Taliban, who regained power in 2021, placed a ban on most NGO workers in December 2022.
Why are there fees on everything?
They hide the true cost when you buy a good or service.