Politics

Trump is in hot water, but Republicans are still pushing forward his plans to cut taxes on the rich and defang the EPA.

President Obama has the authority to end the environmentally damaging Keystone XL pipeline project altogether. It's time we pressure the White House to go through with it.

When voters made job smarts taboo,/ That shredded the national I.Q.

The deep contradictions of anti-immigration—and other projects—are not overcome by hiding them under the veneer of slogans like “America First.”

Sanders’ speech – published here in its entirety with a new introduction by the senator – is a call for action and a passionate statement informing us that the only people who will save the middle class of this country is the middle class itself.

A rapidly expanding coalition of unions, immigrant organizations, faith leaders, and small businesses is calling for a statewide economic shutdown on January 23 as opposition intensifies to ICE’s presence and tactics in Minnesota.

Any "congressional staffer serious about finding solutions wouldn't touch that retreat with a 10-foot pole."

It’s time for America to, once again, become the government of, by and for the people.

How did this happen?

With America leading in child poverty and nearing the bottom in education, it's hard to comprehend the thinking of people who cut funding for homeless and hungry children. But this resentment and disdain for society reaches around the globe.