Tuesday, November 3, 2026

If wage growth is driving inflation, why is workers’ share of income falling?

Perhaps some economists can tell a story where rapid wage growth is driving inflation even as the wage share of income is falling, but I’m not that good an economist.

Pentagon contractors seizing new gold rush to cash in on the Ukraine crisis

How Pentagon contractors are cashing in on the Ukraine crisis.

How many fixated right-wingers ‘aided and abetted’ Trump’s crime wave, now ‘accessories after the...

If Trump’s scattergun of skullduggery escapes real, permanent penalties, brace for equally audacious, sneakier political sneaks.

California puts forth plan to phase out sales of gas-powered vehicles by 2035

The plan would mandate that 35 percent of new cars sold in California be either battery- or hydrogen-powered by 2026, which would push the state towards its goal.

Activists decry Biden’s ‘reckless’ resumption of fossil fuel leases on public lands

"Biden is choosing to stand with polluters over people at the expense of frontline communities and the future of the planet."

Rep. Jamaal Brown introduces legislation that will propose income tax reform for ultra-wealthy

The introduced tax code for the nearly 700 billionaires would raise $1 trillion over ten years, according to a press release.

Ukraine war: while most Americans express outrage, Putin’s spell continues to hang over Republicans

How can we explain the autocrat’s enduring spell over the Republicans? And how might it impact upon the midterm elections due to take place in a few months’ time?

About that $900 you gave Pentagon contractors

This tax season, I’d rather fund green jobs and disease control than jets that spontaneously combust. Wouldn’t you?

‘Keep fighting’: Schumer ‘making progress’ on canceling student debt

"Write, call, email," urged the Democratic leader, who said President Joe Biden is "more open" to the proposal than ever before.