The end of US soft power?
Trump's effort to end U.S. foreign aid throws out a lot of babies with the bathwater.
Trump and Musk’s plan to slash 83,000 VA jobs sparks outrage
A leaked internal memo from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has revealed that the Trump administration, in coordination with Elon Musk’s...
Why is Trump sabotaging our national security?
Trump ordered the cyber command at DOD, to "stand down" regarding any monitoring of Russian actions. This is how this could damage our national security.
The PRO Act returns: A defining battle for workers’ rights amid corporate resistance
The bill represents the most significant labor reform in nearly 80 years, designed to strengthen collective bargaining rights and curb the rampant corporate suppression of unions.
How DOGE’s cuts to the IRS threaten to cost more than DOGE will ever...
“When you hamstring the IRS, it’s just a tax cut for tax cheats.”
How Mesopotamia’s urban and industrial revolution started politics as we know it today
Giorgio Buccellati’s At the Origins of Politics takes readers to the early stages of a process that became the structure of modern life.
Elon Musk spreads falsehoods about Social Security, calling it a ‘Ponzi Scheme’, to justify cuts
Musk’s comments, while not new in conservative circles, are part of a broader pattern of attacks on Social Security, which millions of Americans rely on for retirement and disability benefits.
America is no longer the leader of the free world
Trump, with his massive insults of Zelensky this past Friday, and his alarming embrace of Putin and his attacks on Ukraine, has caused this to happen: “America is no longer the leader of the free world.”
Let us all not praise infamous men
Five years after his death, the legacy of America’s most celebrated 20th-century CEO lives on.
Trump and Musk ignore Pentagon waste while targeting Social Security and public services
As billions in Pentagon waste go unchallenged, the Trump administration and Elon Musk push for cuts to Social Security and public services, prioritizing corporate interests over working Americans.