Thursday, March 28, 2024

Trump promised to resign from his companies – but there’s no record he’s done...

To transfer control of his companies, the president has to submit filings in Florida, Delaware and New York. We spoke to officials in each of those states.

Republican Senators Undermine President’s Nuclear Deal with Iran

In an open letter to Iran’s leaders on Monday, 47 Republican Senators undermined President Obama's negotiations with Iran and threatened to sabotage any agreement reached between the two countries. But Republicans won't stop there.

The light at the end of the corner

Bad as things are right now, experience tells us – or at least our military commanders swear to it – that they’ll get better sooner or later.

Another blow to working people during the pandemic: States snatching back tax refunds

During the pandemic, states are continuing to deduct money from tax refunds to collect delinquent debts, burdening those who have suffered the most from the COVID-19 recession.
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The next AOC? Progressive insurgent Jamaal Bowman takes big lead over Rep. Eliot Engel...

Jamaal Bowman ran on a Green New Deal, Medicare for All platform and joined recent protests demanding an end to racism and police brutality.

The attack on Western democracy

Are Western democracies under attack from Russia and the alt-right in America, in an effort to put racist nationalists in power?

How to pay taxes (NOT!) like Donald Trump

Some tips for Americans who would like to follow the president-elect’s example.

How does the majority rule without a functional majority? Or defeat the tyranny of...

Majority rule is both a rational philosophy, honoring the universality of human dignity, plus the core western political value for decision-making.

Not Science Fiction: Biotech Industry Pushing ‘GM 2.0’ Across Europe

Effort to exempt new techniques from existing regulations is nothing more than an attempt to get genetic modification in 'through the back door'

Brexit: The Day We Entered the Eye of the Maelstrom

In this environment, the Obama administration’s pushing of the TPP is recklessly irresponsible politics that send us nose down into the eye of the maelstrom.