Can Moderates and Progressives find any way to work together?
They both need to do their part. Without it, woe is be to our collective future.
US poverty statistics ignore millions of struggling American
Who counts as poor in the U.S. today?
Measuring the share of the population that experiences poverty is important...
June’s Enormous, Humongous Trade Deficit is Up 9 Percent
The June trade deficit rose from the months prior because of rising imports.
Corporate Tax “Shell Game” Report: $718 Billion Of Corporate Tax-Dodging
The solution is for Congress to end the “deferral” loophole and make these companies just pay the taxes they owe.
Bernie Sanders calls for ‘boldest legislation in history’ to halt spiraling COVID-19 catastrophe
"Senator Sanders' economic rescue principles speak to the bold, fast action needed to protect and support people and prevent corporations from consolidating economic and political power amidst a crisis."
How a dire shortage of poll workers imperils American democracy
COVID-19 exacerbated the shortages of poll workers that states and counties already face in every election.
Can Donald Trump unite the world (against himself)?
The rise of an anti-Trump movement globally – and on his home turf.
Why Wall Street’s rule-breaking is everyone’s problem
This is not just a U.S. problem. Regulators agree to minimum standards for banking rules at an international level because finance is a global business.
The Execution of Nimr Al-Nimr: One More Reason to Re-evaluate the Toxic U.S.-Saudi Alliance
The killing of Sheikh Al-Nimr should serve as a prime moment for the U.S. to reconsider its alliance with the Saudi regime, a regime that not only denies human rights to its own people but exports death and destruction abroad.
Spain, Brazil and South Africa create alliance to tax super-rich at UN conference
Oxfam said the alliance created at the UN conference shows the political will for taxation of the super-rich that countries must follow their lead and join forces.