Putting billionaires in their place
Counting up the number of billionaires in a nation can give us a vivid anecdotal sense of how concentrated a nation’s wealth has become.
Winning Georgia Senate seat, Sen. Raphael Warnock overcomes GOP push
More than 48 percent of Georgians voted for Herschel Walker, showing Republican loyalty in a battleground state.
Law and disorder: Why corporatism will dominate US policy for decades to come
As long as this power remains in the hands of extremist ideologues, democracy and the rule of law are threatened, and corporations and monied interests will continue to get a free pass.
Socialists practice internal democracy, endorse Cynthia Nixon – and the media is riveted
Mainstream outlets can’t stop writing about how the DSA’s endorsement of Cynthia Nixon was a model of democracy in action, unlike the Democratic Party.
Trump’s ‘infrastructure’ plan
When it comes to government investment in the American economy and our disintegrating infrastructure, there really is nothing much left but the Pentagon.
Wyden pushes for major Supreme Court overhaul, seeks to restore public confidence amid ethics...
Senator Ron Wyden introduces sweeping legislation to expand the number of justices, implement transparency measures, and limit political influence on the nation’s highest court.
Filing taxes could be free and simple. But H&R Block and Intuit are still...
The makers of TurboTax and other online systems spent millions lobbying last year, much of it directed toward a bill that would permanently bar the government from offering taxpayers prefilled filings.
‘Five-alarm fire’: GOP adds over 200 poison pills to House spending bills
"We cannot allow policy that harms regular people, threatens our rights, hurts the environment, and does any number of other terrible things to ride along with the appropriations package," said Public Citizen's Lisa Gilbert.
ALEC Influence in Ohio Greases Skids for Anti-Protest Bill
The bill, the "Critical Infrastructure Protection Act," being pushed by ALEC around the country makes it a felony for protestors to trespass on energy company property, such as pipelines, refineries, and power plants.
Trump faces Palestine
The legacies of colonialism and the set of ideas behind that Act of 1688 are still with us and continue to target formerly colonized (and still colonized) peoples.