Democrats push to ban congressional stock trading amid tariff-triggered market scandal
Lawmakers intensify calls to outlaw stock trades by members of Congress following Trump’s tariff reversal and suspicious GOP investments.
‘Hard to overstate how big this is’: Joe Manchin signals he is open to...
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia signaled Sunday that he would be open to reforming the archaic rule to make it "more painful" for the minority to wield as a tool of endless obstruction.
Much Ado About Nothing: The ODNI report on Russian “hacking” is short on proof
It’s respected voices like these that are missing from the current debate about Russia.
Debacle at Doha
In announcing the kingdom’s new economic blueprint on April 25th, Prince Mohammed vowed to liberate the country from its “addiction” to oil.”
Rep. Jamaal Brown introduces legislation that will propose income tax reform for ultra-wealthy
The introduced tax code for the nearly 700 billionaires would raise $1 trillion over ten years, according to a press release.
Why We Need a Guaranteed Income. Soon.
Here is a thought on Labor Day: Our jobs are disappearing. And while large corporations and the super-rich have little care for the average people, it's time we consider the dangerously divided world we've created for generations to come.
The feuding kleptocrats
The kleptocrats, in the end, have only one real enemy: us.
Amazon’s defeat in NYC galvanizes movement to end billion-dollar corporate welfare
The lawmakers who took down Amazon say their victory is just the beginning of a major fight against tax subsidies for huge companies.
Four years ago, we warned that Trump could win. Now, we’re warning again.
Trump really could win again. The more progressives wrap their minds around that reality now, the less likely they’ll have to live with it for another four years.
California Gov. Jerry Brown is backing a climate bill full of giveaways to polluters
Regulators say the measure would make it impossible to meet the state’s greenhouse gas reduction targets by 2030.