Day of the Demagogue
Should Donald Trump or Ted Cruz win the presidency, they are guaranteed to make life hell for millions of undocumented human beings living in and working extremely hard in this country.
CDC eviction ban ended by Supreme Court: Four questions about its impact answered by...
The ruling, by a divided court, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its authority in continuing a moratorium on evictions after Congress failed to pass new legislation.
Crime Can Pay if It’s Big Enough
For banksters like Goldman Sachs, federal criminal settlements are just a cost of doing business.
‘Egregious abuse of power:’ Report says Trump offered pardon to CBP head if he...
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Penn.) called it "a textbook example of abuse of power and reckless disregard for the rule of law – and it's no 'joking' matter."
The Precariat Trap: Why Organized Labor is More Important than Ever
A new word has been coined to explain the difficulties facing working people in our time, “precariat.”
The Revolt of Small Business Republicans
While small business owners have contributed to the same Republican candidates and committees favored by big business, they are finally waking up to the fact they’re being screwed by big businesses. Is a revolt in their future?
House progressives hail Biden moves to combat meat industry ‘price gouging’
"The meat processing industry is one of the worst offenders of these monopolistic, unfair practices."
Think US media won’t help lead nation into war with Iran based on flimsy...
"Do U.S. reporters, anchors, and editors really want more Middle Eastern blood on their hands? If not, they need to fix their rather credulous and increasingly hawkish coverage of Iran—and fix it fast."
Japanese-American internment survivors protest plan to jail migrant kids at Fort Sill, a WWII...
"There’s a historical pattern of detention and separation of families that we’re seeing across the United States, affecting immigrant communities and affecting communities of color."
A tax on Wall Street trading is the best solution to income inequality
This is a great example of a clearly defined policy that will directly reverse some of the upward redistribution of income over the last four decades.