Food insecurity soared roughly 9% last year for Americans
While the Biden administration approved the largest expansion of food benefits the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has ever seen, “transformational change” still needs to be a focus.
The brat
Grow up, Trump. No U.S. defeated one-termer in the past century has been so petulant.
A global tax deal for the rich, not the poor
Despite the recent G7 agreement on corporate taxation, global leadership requires going beyond national interests to ensure that all countries have sufficient resources to develop healthier post-pandemic economies.
US plans to ease human rights criticism of El Salvador, Israel, and Russia
Leaked State Department drafts show significant omissions of abuses, including against LGBTQ+ people and political corruption, in reports on key U.S. allies.
A gunman shot three people at an Islamic center in Zurich, and people aren’t...
Monday’s other attack.
Stop it, Mr. President, or you’re fired!
Remember this, Mr. President, come next November, voters in Iowa and across the land will have the opportunity to say to you what you delight in saying to others: “You’re fired!!!”
Khanna proposes ending billions in taxpayer subsidies for Big Oil amid growing climate crisis
Legislation targets federal handouts fueling enhanced oil recovery while exacerbating the climate emergency.
NatCon kingmaker?
The most dangerous thing about rightwing populism or ‘National Conservatism’ is that the plutocrats that fund it and have become its standard bearers pretend that they have the interests of working people at heart.
Trump’s plans to weaponize the military against protesters and immigrants face fewer legal constraints
Amid threats to deploy federal troops for mass deportations and protest suppression, advocates warn that recent legal shifts may grant unprecedented latitude to a second Trump administration.
Trump’s fascist efforts to demolish democracy
Driven by a hatred of “the other” and infused with narratives of decline and victimization, fascist politics trade in an incendiary rhetoric of fear, demonization and violence.