As most diverse Congress in history takes office, Dems push to end shutdown without...
The first-ever African-American women congressmembers from Connecticut and Massachusetts were sworn in, as was Colorado’s first-ever African-American member of Congress.
The wealth supremacists
The For the People Act targets both white supremacists and wealth supremacists, which is why it’s hugely popular with the public but is running into roadblocks even among Senate Democrats.
Biden says he’ll take on inequality. Good! You need to hold him to it
As it was in the time of FDR and LBJ, power is redistributed only when those without it demand it.
Will This Lord of the Manor Get Locked Up?
The former Massey Energy CEO is now on trial for negligence in the worst mine disaster in modern American history. It's about time Don Blankenship is put in the hot seat for putting money above everything else.
Carceral imperialism
The legacy of the U.S. war on Iraq and the road to Abu Ghraib.
Giving a fig
Getting by, up close and personal, in the world of Donald Trump.
Warren, Booker & Steyer to take part in first-ever presidential forum on environmental justice
“It’s important that we have these conversations about climate change, but those are the symptoms of a disease.”
‘$2 trillion was already the compromise’: Progressive revolt brews over Biden’s infrastructure offer to...
“The president can’t expect us to vote for an infrastructure deal dictated by the Republican Party,” said Rep. Jamaal Bowman.
Debt Collectors or Pick Pockets?
Predatory collection agencies are filing bogus lawsuits against hard-hit consumers. This is no minor scam — a third of all adults in the United States are under pursuit by debt collectors.
Social Security versus national security
Whose entitlement really makes us safer?