Billionaires made more money in 2017 than any other year in recorded history
Meanwhile, 18.5 million Americans live in extreme poverty and "5.3 million live in Third World conditions of absolute poverty."
Trump’s failed coronavirus response Part 2
There was no national response. No national standards. Governors and mayors haphazardly closed businesses and schools.
The ideology that unites Trump and the authoritarians he admires
It's about propping up "besieged majorities" in multiethnic countries.
‘Victory for Julian”: UK blocks WikiLeaks founder Assange extradition to US on espionage charges
While the decision is a “very significant victory” for Assange, the judge has largely sided with the U.S. prosecution.
Methane emissions from food waste alarmingly accelerate climate crisis
As EPA reports highlight the staggering methane emissions from food waste, the U.S. grapples with an overlooked environmental hazard.
Autocrats, incorporated
Tom Engelhardt gives his thoughts on election day 2018.
Top-secret NSA report details Russian hacking effort days before 2016 election
“It’s not just that [an election] has to be fair, it has to be demonstrably fair, so that the loser says, ‘Yep, I lost fair and square.’ If you can’t do that, you’re screwed.”
There’s no ‘labor shortage.’ there’s a wage shortage.
Congress ought to be listening to actual workers explain why they’re not rushing back to the jobs being offered by restaurant chains and such.
Black Lives Matter: How far has the movement come?
This messaging campaign became a decentralized social movement to demand accountability for police killings and other brutality against Black people.
Dividing the Right and conquering Trump
Trump's extremely effective at dividing and conquering his opponents. What would it take for progressives to divide his supporters?