Secretary of the Interior first: Deb Haaland, member of the Pueblo of Laguna
“I’ll be fierce for all of us, our planet, and all of our protected land.”
The American Rescue Plan is for real
“People are hurting enough already. They don’t need more worries about the future.”
Why the US manufacturing renaissance is essential for its survival
After decades of decline, the nation now seems “on the brink” of understanding that it’s let far too much manufacturing capacity slip away.
Omar leads bill to cancel rent and mortgage payments during pandemic
"To avoid an even larger crisis, we must cancel rent and mortgage payments during this pandemic."
Same as the old boss? President Biden, revolving doors and foreign policy continuity
In the area of foreign policy the new boss in Washington doesn’t look much different from any of the old ones.
Ten problems with Biden’s foreign policy – and one solution
Biden should jettison the worst of Obama’s and Trump’s policies, and instead pick the best of them.
Hey, rightwing hypocrites, justify your ‘revolution’ scam plus anti-democratic ‘tyranny of the minority’
Bad losers don’t get to make themselves winners or the whole structure crumbles – and then might makes right.
‘Shameful’: Millionaire senators vote against popular minimum wage raise that would lift millions out...
"It is baffling that any member of the U.S. Senate could look at the crisis this country is enduring and decide that tens of millions of low-income workers should not get a raise."
To hell with the filibuster
Representative democracy based on majority rule is logical; anything else is utterly illogical and self-defeating.
Despite pressure from US and Bayer, Mexico will ban glyphosate
“Our rationale is based on the precautionary principle in the face of environmental risks as well as the right of the Mexican government to take action in favor of the public good.”