The war on democracy
"I don’t know what else to call it when a president is actively curtailing voting rights and doing his damnedest to de-legitimize the election..."
The Pentagon confronts the pandemic
One thing is inescapable: as the disaster aboard the Theodore Roosevelt indicates, the U.S. military must reconsider how it arms and structures its forces and give serious thought to alternative models of organization.
A Perfect Portrait of Corporate Crime
Martin Winterkorn, VW’s disgraced CEO, was forced to resign after the auto maker's eco-friendly diesel cars actually polluted the air more than allowed by law. Finally, a CEO must pay the consequences for betraying consumers and the environment?
Pope Francis’ Call to Host Refugees Contrasts with America’s Anti-Immigrant ‘Religious Right’ (Video)
Was Pope Francis’ call to host refugees a slam against the anti-immigrant right wing? Many American Christian leaders aren't too keen when it comes to the issue of Syrian refugees being accepted by the U.S.
Trump administration to force 200,000 Salvadorans to leave the US
The last time the government renewed the protections, they cited drought, poverty and widespread gang violence—all of which still exist in El Salvador.
For military contractors, Tax Day is pay day
Lockheed Martin’s CEO took home $20 million while enlisted soldiers got just $20,000. Why? Because corporations have hijacked the military.
Sisyphus Trump maniacally replays 2015, with repeated, inflammatory media blitzes. But that gambit...
How many unforced errors—the Arlington cemetery mess, JD Vance, fake Ohio pet-napping and Loomer—confirm Trump as monumental scatterbrain?
‘This is unacceptable’: Progressives reject Manchin plan to cut $15 minimum wage proposal to...
The $15 minimum wage is overwhelmingly popular with the American people. One person should not be allowed to hold relief hostage.
Trump would cut TANF by $21 billion, impose harmful spending restrictions
This budget would halt states’ progress and encourage them to withdraw critical supports to families in poverty.
Is Pelosi preparing to drop a bombshell on the Senate impeachment trial?
We have no way of knowing what Pelosi will do, we can only speculate and hope that she does something that will prove to the American people that he is guilty as charged.