As Afghanistan faces economic crisis, U.S. could help prevent mass starvation by unfreezing funds
“At least preventing starvation in Afghanistan is still our duty.”
Warren, Booker & Steyer to take part in first-ever presidential forum on environmental justice
“It’s important that we have these conversations about climate change, but those are the symptoms of a disease.”
Democrats ‘must be trying to lose’: Progressives fume after report says Biden budget excludes...
“If the aim is to avoid a midterm massacre, why would you do this?” asked one political critic.
Can Dems flee corporate, status quo shackles, then press reforms that address systemic wreckage?
Why did the Harris team think “more of the same” would win this year? Now truly, and not in a good way, anyone can be president – character, morality, competence and respect for the law be damned.
We need to make government bigger (it’s not what you think)
Put simply: The House of Representatives does not have enough members to adequately represent all 334 million of us.
American Exceptionalism Presents an Election Made in Hell
“American foreign policy is the greatest threat to world peace, prosperity, and the environment. And when it comes to foreign policy, Hillary Clinton is an unholy disaster.”
Sports teams: The everlasting tax shelter for billionaires
A perverse loophole allows owners of profitable teams — and their heirs — to lower their tax bills by claiming huge paper losses.
Why a Tax on Wall Street Trades is an Even Better Idea Than You...
Wall Street claims that the tax would burden small investors such as as retirees, business owners and average savers. Wrong.
‘He could win the caucuses,’ pollster says as Bernie Sanders leads gold-standard Iowa survey...
"There's a new leader in Iowa, and his name is Bernard Sanders."
The politics of the coronavirus
For the far right, the pandemic is a chance to enact border controls and erode the rule of law. It could also expose their utter incompetence.