Sanders and others introduce Social Security Expansion Act to protect seniors, people with disabilities...
The legislation would apply the Social Security payroll tax on income above $250,000 to ensure Social Security is fully funded for the next 75 years.
Is America’s $1 trillion defense budget defensible amid economic struggles?
Bernie Sanders challenges America’s staggering military budget, calling for reforms to address fraud, waste, and misplaced priorities.
America on trial
We’re on the brink of what might be the election to end all elections.
House passes $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill with $15 minimum wage increase
The bill includes a $15 minimum wage increase, an extension of unemployment insurance, survival checks, and $20 billion for a national vaccination program.
2024: Dread and hope
Saving our civilization from impending environmental disaster is perhaps the one issue capable of uniting us.
Pope goes electric, sets example for world leaders
“Humanity is called to recognize the need for changes of lifestyle, production and consumption, in order to combat this warming or at least the human causes which produce or aggravate it.”
‘Corruption in plain sight:’ Jared Kushner firm took in $90 million from unnamed foreign...
"It was one of the only assets that Kushner retained and it continues to collect foreign investors without transparency."
These kids will see Trump in court
Twenty-one kids and climate scientist James Hansen were suing the Obama administration to take more aggressive action on climate. Now, the climate-change-denying 45th president has inherited the case.
Student Debt: A Penalty the Poor Pay for Not Being Wealthy
There are two options for our future generations: get an education and agree to inescapable debt, or don’t get an education and the possibility of employment goes out the window. Student debt has become a trap.
Noam Chomsky: With Trump election, we are now facing threats to the survival of...
“The threats and dangers are very real.”