These billionaires received taxpayer-funded stimulus checks during the pandemic
IRS records reveal that 18 billionaires and some 250 other ultrawealthy people received aid intended to help middle-class Americans.
Why public banking is a step toward revolutionizing our economy
The public banking movement is creating an opening wedge for the transfer of our financial system from private to public control.
What happened to the party of limited government?
The Republican Party now poses a clear and present threat even to the values it once espoused.
Welcome to the American century
We are truly living out the end of the American Century in the world it created.
Progressives on Virginia loss: Corporate Democrats have only themselves to blame
The finger-pointing started days before the polls opened in Virginia, a state that has trended blue in recent years and that President Joe Biden won by 10 percentage points in 2020.
The super-rich have taken almost all of it
The very richest Americans seem far removed from the notion of shared prosperity that could have made us a nation to be envied.
Does mundane, Democratic small ball make sense against war-like Trumpian nullification?
Good intentions fall short against foes indifferent to morality, law, science, disease, suffering, even the compassion that Christianity honors.
Why American workers want Congress to deliver an infrastructure bill
It all starts with the infrastructure bill. Millions of Americans eager for better lives expect Congress to push it over the finish line.
‘We’re not giving up’: Sanders, other Progressives fight to rescue drug price reforms
“Giving Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices will save the government billions. But most importantly, it will save lives.”
Why we need to keep our super rich ‘occupied’
We don’t quite know yet how the current spotlight on taxing America’s wealthiest is going to turn out. But just getting to this point, counts as a significant step into a more just and equal future.