‘Red alert’ sounded: Trumpcare is back, more brutal and deadly than ever
Sen. Bernie Sanders called the new Obamacare repeal plan “yet another disastrous Republican proposal to throw millions of people off health insurance.”
Leaked Zinke memo urges Trump to shrink national monuments, allow drilling
Zinke also proposed opening these publicly held national monuments up to drilling, logging, commercial fishing and other activities for private profit.
Experts say the use of private email by Trump’s voter fraud commission isn’t legal
Instructions have been lacking, says one commissioner – a sharp contrast with similar groups in the past.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren launches investigation into Equifax breach
Warren's new bill will give consumers more control over their own personal data and prohibit companies like Equifax from charging consumers for freezing and unfreezing access to their credit files.
The 3 Americans who should pay for Medicare-for-All
Will the super-rich support American health?
Beyond Harvey and Irma
Militarizing Homeland Security in the climate-change era.
The growing danger of dynastic wealth
The estate and capital gains taxes were originally designed to prevent the growth of large dynasties in the U.S. and to reduce inequality.
In this Korean crisis, Trump’s bullying tactics aren’t working and never will
The more that Trump threatens North Korea the more paranoid its leaders become; and the more they intensify efforts to successfully develop a nuclear strike capability.
“Carpe diem politics”: How to do more than just resist
Today’s social justice movements must seize opportunities, mobilize quickly, and, finally, embrace a carnival spirit.
New bill aims to restore ‘common-sense’ plastic water bottle ban in national parks
The bill would allow National Park Service regional directors the discretion to implement the policy and encourages them to develop a visitor education strategy to explain the rationale for the program.