Never having to say you’re sorry
No accountability and no apologies...
Improve democracy: Close the college
Attempts to fix this have been made from time to time, but never garnered enough votes to mount a successful fix to this fundamental flaw.
The Week Ahead: Everything hangs in the balance
The biggest uncertainty is the economy.
Century-old racist US Supreme Court cases still rule over millions of Americans
Without equal voting rights and congressional representation, the Americans living in these territories cannot remedy their status at the ballot box.
Big money’s war on the Build Back Better plan
The administration’s jobs and infrastructure package is very popular, but corporate lobbyists are fighting it tooth and nail.
Bernie Sanders explains why most media coverage of reconciliation fight is corporate con job
"When we talk about big money controlling this country, it's not only the direct political process but it's how we even learn about what's going on in this country."
Trump-era “domestic gag rule” reversed thanks to Biden administration
“The end of the Title X gag rule is a major victory for patients, access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, and health equity.”
Stop calling the military budget a ‘defense’ budget
Let’s blow away the linguistic fog. The Pentagon budget is not a “defense” budget.
Meet the coalition resisting the global push for land privatization in Brazil
A campaign by U.S. and Brazilian activists challenging TIAA and other financial firms’ complicity in land grabs and deforestation in Brazil is scoring major victories.
Biden admin slammed for plowing ahead with ‘illegal’ lease sale amid offshore oil spills
One attorney said her environmental group is “deeply disappointed by the Biden administration’s failure to follow the law and to fulfill its promises. So we will see them in court.”