Sanders proposes ‘New Deal for journalism’ to ensure media serves public interest
His proposal to ensure the news media acts in the interest of the general public and not wealthy corporations and powerful interest groups.
Comic relief from Mike Pence, as if delusion, deflection, and cowardice will redeem lost...
Pence looks more like the walking, even staggering dead, having now neutralized his one and only courageous Senate action.
The massive roadblocks standing in the way of American greatness
Can the America of today be considered one of the greatest nations in the world?
‘Race to the bottom’: GOP has introduced 72 educational gag orders so far in...
"They have outdone one another in a race to the bottom, finding new, more extreme, and more conspiratorial ways to impose censorious government dictates on teaching and learning."
Progressives demand Buttigieg act on rail safety amid toxic Ohio disaster
"Norfolk Southern's environmental disaster is the latest in a long string of corporate malfeasance committed right under the secretary's nose... Corporations do not respect Buttigieg as a regulator."
Merger mania in the military-industrial complex
Pentagon waste is a longstanding issue in desperate need of meaningful action.
Is frenzied religiosity a luxury that democracy, let alone civilized order can no longer...
Hypocrisy prize winner: a compassion-, life-inspired faith now hawks an intolerant parade of death trips
Though quests for religious...
Sanders-Warren plan would tax the rich to increase social security by $2,400 a year
"Right now, a Wall Street CEO who makes $30 million pays the same amount into Social Security as someone who makes $160,000 a year," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "Our bill puts an end to that absurdity."
‘We’re feeding the kids’: Minnesota House passes universal school meals bill
"We give every kid in our school a desk. There are lots of kids out there that can afford to buy a desk, but they get a desk because they go to school," said the Democratic author of the bill, pushing back against GOP means-testing canards.
We’ve never been closer to nuclear catastrophe—who gains by ignoring it?
Antiwar and environmental activist Dr. Helen Caldicott warns that policymakers who understate the danger of nuclear weapons don’t have the public’s best interest at heart.