Prosperity sharing: Not just for the 10%
A Republican-led idea in Alaska helped citizens share in oil profits. Can Democrats scale the model to include Wall Street’s wealth and restore faith in collective prosperity?
RFK Jr.’s health report relies on fake studies and AI-generated fabrications
Trump’s health agenda, led by RFK Jr., is under fire for citing nonexistent sources, using AI hallucinations, and omitting root causes of America’s public health crises.
Upside-down world
Climate change and the border-industrial complex in the Trump era.
Federal judge orders 1,300 fired employees of Education Department reinstated
District Court Judge Myong J. Joun in Massachusetts reinstated 1,300 Education Department employees and restored "the Department to the status quo."
Is Trump’s axis of the plutocrats marginalizing Israel?
President Trump managed to realign U.S. Middle Eastern policy to center on—and yes, it should be capitalized!—an Axis of the Plutocrats, Gulf sheikhs who are using their galactic fortunes to reshape the region.
Elon Musk leaves Trump administration after gutting government services and dodging oversight
Musk’s chaotic 130-day tenure ends with lasting damage to federal agencies, threats to global aid, and deep conflicts of interest that watchdogs say will haunt public institutions for years.
The corrosive delusion of progress and the American dream
Most crises trace back to identifiable decisions and actions. Even the lead-up to the two world wars could have been disrupted numerous...
How bad does it have to get before the DNC declares an emergency?
Right now, the Democratic Party appears to be stuck between Little Rock and a hard place.
The richest Republicans in Congress push tax cuts for themselves while slashing food, healthcare,...
A new report reveals 35 of the wealthiest GOP lawmakers—worth over $2.5 billion—stand to profit from Trump’s tax cuts while their constituents lose access to SNAP, Medicaid, and student aid.
The end of human rights?
The Trump administration’s assault on human rights comes against the background of years of policy decisions in Washington that too often cast aside such concerns in favor of supposedly more important “strategic” interests.