Inside the campaign to abolish the subminimum wage in 25 states by 2026
"This is the only future for the service sector and the economy overall: wages must go up or there will be no future.”
New nuclear push latches on to climate change as reason for nuclear power
“The dirty secret is that nuclear power makes a substantial contribution to global warming. Nuclear power is actually a chain of highly energy-intense industrial processes.”
‘Solitary confinement is torture:’ Ocasio-Cortez calls for Chelsea Manning’s release
"Chelsea is being tortured for whistleblowing, she should be released on bail, and we should ban extended solitary in the U.S."
We don’t have to choose between our health and the economy
The crises of COVID and economic collapse are triggers for people to demand change as a gateway to a new and better world.
Warren demands investigation into Trump’s coronavirus response, saying he put ‘political expediency’ before public...
“Americans should not have to wonder whether their lives are being put at risk by the president’s concern for his political prospects amidst a public health and economic calamity.”
Can Capitalism and Mankind Both Survive?
American mainstream journalism isn’t asking the big question: Can capitalism and mankind co-exist? The reason journalists aren’t asking is that they know the uncomfortable answer is: No they cannot.
Republicans can’t see the forest for the trees. Trump blocks their vision of the...
Yes, sometimes you can’t see the forest because of the trees. Republicans are so afraid of Trump that they have him on their minds all the time. Let’s call Trump the Trees.
Can we afford a fair global climate transition?
The cost of transformation is not cheap, but consider the alternatives.
For the good of the party: It’s time for Donna Brazile to go
Brazile's duplicitous behavior is a symbol and symptom of the Democratic Party leadership.
Federal judge rules Trump’s mass firing of federal workers was illegal—but will it stop...
The case was brought by a coalition of labor unions and advocacy groups, who sued OPM after the agency ordered thousands of probationary federal employees to be fired.