The real problem with Bill Gates and neoliberal optimism
The progressive left needs to confront the fact that plutocratic philanthropists like Gates care much more about preserving the systems that continue to multiply their wealth.
The Clean Transit for America Plan unveiled to Senate
“Too many buses spew dirty diesel. That hurts the workers, that hurts the commuters, that hurts everyone.”
Squad & Co: Unite as a block to downsize Biden’s military budget
This is the moment to demand a substantial cut in military spending that defunds new nuclear weapons.
Senate passes resolution to reinstate pollution standards for methane emissions from oil and gas...
The White House is in full support of the resolution calling it "an urgent and essential step" to protect Americans.
Where the Federal government’s charter school program went wrong
The program gives millions to schools that disrupt rather than improve a system of public education that needs to serve all students.
Third round of coronavirus relief checks led to largest monthly rise in household income...
The third round of coronavirus relief checks, which have been sent to 159 million households so far, were directly linked to an historic rise...
Rightwing victimhood, the Great Replacement and the cult of Qanon
“Bigoted conspiracy theories like QAnon have an enormous influence on the context in which local government operates.”
Space weaponization “cannot be walked back”
“It’s time for arms control planning to address the issues raised by this drift toward militarization of space.”
Biden’s appeasement of hawks and neocons is crippling his diplomacy
We hope he and his advisers are not too blinded by anachronistic imperial thinking or too intimidated by the neocons to make a fresh start and engage with the world as it actually exists in 2021.
The billionaires who couldn’t kick straight
America’s super rich and their European pals have failed spectacularly in a scheme to kill global football’s most egalitarian traditions.