Politics

The health care fight is not over. And the Americans that marched to the White House Saturday will make sure that both sides keep working on it.

While Trump tweets, North Korea successfully completes another test of an ICBM.

The battles to rein in Wall Street fraud and resist the right-wing assault on an independent judiciary are far from over.

This budget would halt states’ progress and encourage them to withdraw critical supports to families in poverty.

Far from “draining” the Washington swamp, Trump is turning it into an exclusive jacuzzi for the rich.

Perhaps, the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic melt down will be the trigger for such a seismic, but essential, change in the way we live.

Trump’s opening gambit focuses public attention not on real policy or legislation (still a great void) but whether this chief executive is simply an impulsive, erratic narcissist – or much worse, so unstable he could dislodge current, fragile power balances, here and abroad.

Trump slams door on refugees, China sets tariffs on U.S. goods, Kavanaugh accuser goes into hiding after threats, and more.

Real terror, facing life without shelter and warmth and sustenance, without a semblance of security for even one day in the future, is terror caused in good part by the 16,000 people who don't feel it's necessary to pay for the benefits heaped upon them by a perversely unequal society.

The bill includes a $15 minimum wage increase, an extension of unemployment insurance, survival checks, and $20 billion for a national vaccination program.