Promises kept? Joe Biden’s first year at home and abroad
When President Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election was followed by the election of two Democratic senators in Georgia, it looked...
Report: Taxing the world’s richest would raise US $2.52 trillion a year
A new analysis, “Taxing Extreme Wealth,” by the Fight Inequality Alliance, Institute for Policy Studies, Oxfam, and Patriotic Millionaires found a shocking...
500K jobs lost, starvation looms as US holds Afghan funds hostage
As a report published Wednesday revealed the loss of over 500,000 jobs since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan last August, critics...
After a year of Biden, why do we still have Trump’s foreign policy?
President Biden and the Democrats were highly critical of President Trump’s foreign policy, so it was reasonable to expect that Biden would...
Top 10 US billionaires got $1 billion richer every day of pandemic
The 10 wealthiest billionaires in the U.S. have added roughly $1 billion to their collective fortune every day—or around $12,600 per second—since...
Why getting Congress to fund help for US children in poverty is so hard...
The Build Back Better bill, the centerpiece of the Biden administration’s domestic policy, cleared the House of Representatives by a slender margin...
Corporate seditionists are no better than the seditionists who attacked the Capitol
The tsunami of money now flowing from corporations into the swamp of American politics is larger than ever.
Ominous history in real time: Where we are now in the USA
This article is adapted from the new edition of Norman Solomon’s book “Made Love, Got War,” just published as a free e-book.
How Joe Manchin betrayed America’s working families
Ed Barnette long ago realized that affordable child care and paid sick leave, among other resources, would be essential to helping West...
How much crass irrationality can self-government stand? Can community wisdom offset howls for mob...
Trump-proof elections – with energized agendas, expanded voting, critical thinking and compassion
Like delivery companies, food production, and all...