Numbers to Know About the 2016 Presidential Race
New financial filings related to the 2016 election are filled with curiosities and surprises. Candidates and their allied groups have collectively spent more than $700 million so far competing in the 2016 White House race.
Bernie Sanders slams Congress for claiming ‘no money’ for housing and healthcare while approving...
The senator criticizes lawmakers for prioritizing the military-industrial complex over working families as the Senate advances a near $1 trillion defense budget.
‘Renters are struggling’: economists back tenant-led push for federal rent control
"We have seen corporate landlords—who own a larger share of the rental market than ever before—use inflation as an excuse to hike rents and reap excess profits beyond what should be considered fair and reasonable."
Who represents us when our political parties represent only corporations?
Our future depends on bridging the artificially cultivated political divide that serves only interests fundamentally contrary to our common well-being.
Lawyers bankroll 2020 Democrats with millions in campaign cash
Lawyers are powering Democratic presidential campaigns, continuing the legal industry’s tradition of supporting liberal candidates and causes.
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Bernie Sanders calls for a new international left to fight Steve Bannon’s right-wing “Movement”
Supposed genius Steve Bannon thinks he can lure progressives into the nationalist right. Sanders says no thanks.
Who for Veep?
The big question for Bernie-ites is who they want for vice-president.
Will Gov. Snyder be next to be charged over poisoning of Flint’s water supply?
The Flint water crisis began when unelected emergency manager Darnell Earley, appointed by Governor Rick Snyder, switched the source of the city’s drinking water from the Detroit system to the corrosive Flint River.
Climate change demands an end to excess and greed
The responsibility for halting climate change rests firmly with each and every one of us.
The Presidential Debate That Did Not Really Happen
It was not a debate so much as an opportunity to display Trump’s ability to weave an alternate reality for his acolytes.