Hillary Clinton’s Glass-Steagall
Hillary Clinton won’t propose reinstating a bank break-up law known as the Glass-Steagall Act and this just might be the biggest mistake in her presidential campaign. Is Clinton still too close to Wall Street?
Cities tap into citizen feedback to guide federal relief spending
The American Rescue Plan provided an opportunity for smaller communities to democratize their budgeting.
The general strike of 2021
Corporate America wants to frame this as a “labor shortage.” Wrong.
First draft of COP26 decision text slammed as ‘love letter’ to fossil fuel industry
“To keep 1.5 alive,” said the head of Greenpeace, “fossil fuels phase-out” must be added, and “countries must come back next year to close the gap.”
The art of the Putin-Trump deal
If you are Putin and you did do a deal, what did Trump agree to do?
‘Keep fighting’: Schumer ‘making progress’ on canceling student debt
"Write, call, email," urged the Democratic leader, who said President Joe Biden is "more open" to the proposal than ever before.
The World the Iraq War Made
One can only guess what the world would look like had the 2003 invasion never occurred.
Is Trump an Aberration?
The Dark History of the “Nation of Immigrants”
15 million people could lose coverage as nightmarish Medicaid ‘purge’ begins
"I feel sick," said one physician. "Medicaid is not enough: we need seamless, lifelong universal care now."
To save Main Street, tax Wall Street
Tax avoidance by the wealthiest Americans is drying up our heartland communities and squelching opportunities for young people.