Diane Ravitch: Biden’s pick for education secretary must overturn DeVos’s attack on public schools
“He’s not Betsy DeVos, and every educator in America, or almost every educator, will be thrilled about that.”
The SOTU 2016: The Future is Friendly?
Not only has Obama progressed the democratic dialogue, but he has represented the hallmark of open democratic government and has clearly silhouetted his governing vision.
The first ever US oil lease sale in the Arctic is a huge fail
“Essentially, the Trump administration had a party, hoped the oil industry would show up, and it didn’t.”
New GOP Chairman Suppresses Full CIA Torture Report
In 2009, former CIA Director Leon Panetta ordered the CIA to conduct its own investigation into documents involving torture. This review found that the CIA had repeatedly overstated the value of intelligence gained through torture.
When will MAGA Trump’s reckless war against America cause an equal, GOP-demolishing backlash?
Trumpism has always been a bad faith magic trick but day by day becomes America’s indefensible bad joke.
Rewarding failure
Why Pentagon weapons programs rarely get canceled despite major problems...
Social Security helped slash elderly poverty to 9.2 percent in the 20th century –...
So if Americans agree that our elders should never again return to having to age in poverty, there are several ways we can shore up the Social Security system.
Trump Foundation agrees to dissolve under judicial supervision
“This is an important victory for the rule of law, making clear that there is one set of rules for everyone. We’ll continue to move our suit forward to ensure that the Trump Foundation and its directors are held to account for their clear and repeated violations of state and federal law.”
America: Where Demagogues Win?
Donald J. Trump’s new demagoguery have awakened the old paradigms of Americas’ shameful past.
Sanders says Congress must combat GOP attacks on voting rights in ‘any and every...
"We can disagree on all kinds of issues, but taking away the right of people to participate in American democracy is unacceptable and the Congress must address that."