Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Omar, Sanders introduce End Polluter Welfare Act to close tax loopholes and eliminate federal...

"Today more than ever we need to protect people and the planet, not polluters and their profits.

War and the imperial presidency

Congress offers a bipartisan blank check to Donald Trump.

Joe Biden, LBJ, and voting rights

Biden must wield the power of the presidency to make senators fall in line with the larger goals of the nation. Otherwise, as LBJ asked, “what the hell’s the presidency for?”

Does Mitch McConnell Really Give a Damn About the Supreme Court?

Ideology has never been as important to the Senate majority leader as power.

A crisis of undiagnosed cancers is emerging in the pandemic’s second year

A factory worker didn’t want to call in sick or catch COVID-19, so she tried to ignore the pain. Now she has stage 4 cancer.

Students Mobilized In Seattle To Win Free Bus Passes, But Fight Still Continues

The fight is not finished. The Seattle Public Schools district didn’t take time to fully hear out the students about their proposed plan.
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Green party’s Jill Stein on obsotacles to vote recount: “This is not what Democracy...

Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein requested recounts in three states where Donald Trump narrowly beat Hillary Clinton: Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

In 18 months, Republicans are very likely to control Congress. Being in denial makes...

To prevent such disastrous results, Democrats would need to replicate what happened the last time the president’s party didn’t lose House or Senate seats in a midterm election.

Hillary Clinton “Feels Sorry for the Young People” that Believe Bernie’s Lies

“I feel sorry sometimes, for the young people who, you know, believe this — they don’t do their own research.”

It’s Time to Free Students from Debt

"Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife." It's time we free students from debt and create a new debt-free democracy.