Mexico’s leftist president-elect AMLO promises sweeping changes on corruption, poverty, drug war
López Obrador ran an anti-corruption, anti-violence campaign and has vowed to expand pensions for the elderly, boost spending for social programs and increase grants for students.
Labor, rights groups praise Biden policy boosting migrant worker protections
"This is a huge victory for undocumented workers and the labor movement," said one organizer.
Democratic frontrunner Bernie Sanders releases plan for guaranteed ‘child care and pre-k for all’
“We know that the first four years of a child’s life are the most important years of human development, so it is unconscionable that in the wealthiest country in the world, we do not properly invest in early childhood education.”
World War Two’s covert ops are failing in the post-war world
Why the fascination with arming foreign insurgents and proxy armies to fight wars that the U.S. won’t fight itself?
Disaster capitalism—or stumbling, bumbling, vengeful Lord of Misrule?
How monumental faults/ Drive appalling somersaults.
Making America mediocre again
As conditions in the U.S. deteriorate, the world will continue to suffer the consequences of U.S. military force – but without the mitigating influences of U.S. foreign aid and diplomacy.
After $1.9 trillion giveaway to rich, McConnell calls debt relief for working class ‘slap...
"It's not a slap in the face. It's a step in the right direction. We shouldn't be going [into] debt for getting an education."
Bankruptcy is us
However it happens, he really does need to be trumped before he Trumps us all off this planet and global bankruptcy becomes us.
Walling them out, or walling us in?
Shall we wall off Canada, too?
‘I don’t believe in a cutoff’: AOC says Biden shouldn’t means-test student debt relief
"Canceling $50,000 in debt is where you really make a dent in inequality and the racial wealth gap. $10,000 isn't."