What’s that ‘surtax’ doing in Build Back Better?
The new Build Back Better surtax might just turn out to be a giant first tax step toward the more equal America that we all so desperately need.
In New York, Republicans and Democrats Join Forces to Overturn Citizens United
Seventeen states have called for a constitutional amendment to reduce the influence of money in politics. So who’s next?
500K jobs lost, starvation looms as US holds Afghan funds hostage
As a report published Wednesday revealed the loss of over 500,000 jobs since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan last August, critics...
Trump’s brash profligacy panders to MAGA fantasies of sex, money, crime, and evasion
Lying, predation and mob loyalty are in – join the cult con, grab “whatever you deserve.”
Trump broadcasts free ad via Disney to thuggish regimes, requesting hacked dirt on Dems
As he did in 2016, he is pleading for foreign governments to give him hacked dirt on the Democrat.
Paying For Free Public Education
Should Bernie propose a “Let's Give Back To Our Country” program to help pay for universal free tuition?
Strike! Barbara Ehrenreich calls on TSA workers to walk off job in protest of...
As 800,000 workers continue to go without pay, federal employees around the country are rising up to demand an end to the shutdown.
Supreme Court upholds California Prop. 12
California's Prop. 1, which bans the in-state sale of pork, eggs, and veal from animals “confined in a cruel manner,” was challenged by the corporate pork production industry.
The judicial test Neil Gorsuch can’t pass
The moral test, which asks whether a nominee’s opinions adversely or positively will affect the lives of ordinary Americans, is far more important than what they've been trying to talk about in Gorsuch's confirmation hearings.
How the Biden administration caved to Republicans on fighting election disinformation
Despite a White House pledge to counter dangerous conspiracy theories, the Department of Homeland Security has pulled back on a comprehensive effort to address disinformation to help election workers.