Congressman files lawsuit against Trump for inciting Capitol riots
The lawsuit accuses Trump, Giuliani, and the far-right extremist groups of conspiring to incite an assembled crowd to march upon the U.S. Capitol to disrupt and intimidate Congress from approving the count of electoral votes.
Who’s a progressive?
We need politicians who will think outside the box. The need for new ideas is out there. It's just a matter of choosing the ones that'll work.
350+ groups oppose dirty Senate energy bill that would promote fossil fuels, pollute air...
Letter to Senator Schumer demands democratic opposition to industry-backed bill.
Killing me softly with militarism
The decay of democracy in America.
Memo to Congress: Diplomacy for Ukraine is spelled M-I-N-S-K
If the U.S. government wants to play a constructive role in Ukraine, it should genuinely support this already existing framework for a solution to the crisis, and end the heavy-handed U.S. intervention that has only undermined and delayed its implementation.
Solving the debt crisis the American way
When the old system finally breaks and we are primed for a new one, these are the principles that should guide us in its development.
The highly-revealing election dogs that didn’t bark, isolating howling, blowhard election deniers
Baseless election denial delusions make former Joe McCarthy or Nixon backers look downright reality-bound.
Higher Education: Capitalism at Its Most Despicable
Public colleges have long been expected to benefit from academic research. But that all changed in 1980 with the Bayh-Dole Act. Now universities are more deeply entrenched in the capitalist world—a true degradation of higher education.
The federal poverty line struggles to capture the economic hardship that half of Americans...
You can’t work your way out of poverty in low-wage jobs.
The little secret about corporate profits
The power of big corporations to raise their prices higher than their costs are rising.