Neither pandemic nor economic collapse is going to be a short-lived crisis
Huge layoffs = major recession; Raging infections and deaths = major epidemic.
The Federal Reserve is promising to do everything it can to save the economy...
Time will tell if this – alongside the $2 trillion in fiscal stimulus Congress is injecting – will be enough.
The man who saw Trump coming a century ago
That’s Thorstein Veblen, the greatest American thinker you probably never heard of (or forgot).
Zuzana Caputova, liberal environmental activist, becomes Slovakia’s first female president
"I am happy not just for the result, but mainly that it is possible not to succumb to populism, to tell the truth, to raise interest without aggressive vocabulary."
Progressives’ Case Against Hillary Clinton
The Clintons are right out of “House of Cards” - the Netflix series. The corporate media is in cahoots with her for obvious reasons – she represents corporatocracy, warmongering and globalism.
150K+ voters back $15 minimum wage as Biden and Harris pushed to #Keep15In pandemic...
"The passage of a $15 federal minimum wage and elimination of the subminimum wages for tipped workers, workers with disabilities, and youth workers would guarantee a livable wage for all workers."
Hundred of thousands of protesters take to Iran’s city streets to denounce Soleimani’s killing
The streets of Tehran and other cities across the country were flooded with protesters early Friday morning.
Europe and the Middle East are both on the verge of unraveling
From Catalonia to Kurdistan, long simmering regions are clamoring for their own states. But what good is being a state anymore?
3 bills to rein in executive pay
Shortly before heading home for the summer recess, members of Congress are rushing to introduce proposals for cracking down on unpopular, overpaid executives.
America’s megalomaniac
With Trump, there’s no longer American foreign policy. There’s only Trump’s ego.