What is patriotism really?
Real patriotism goes far beyond waving the flag and singing the National Anthem.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, August 21
Microplastics in beer, CNN "fact check" on Medicare for All is bogus, ZInke caught red handed trying to sell off public lands, and more.
Here’s What a Solidarity Economy Looks Like—From Quebec to Chicago to Mexico
While solidarity economy isn't very well known in the English-speaking world, it's been gaining a foothold in academia and civil society groups since the turn of the century. But now the idea has had an impact on economic thinking in the U.S.
‘CEOs, not working people, are causing inflation’: Report shows soaring executive pay
"When you look at those numbers and at CEOs trying to blame workers for inflation, it just doesn't add up," said the secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO.
Five facts that show the enormity of American inequality
Whatever wealth exists among America's poor should not be taken away because of some ignorant prejudice of the rich.
Trump campaign still hasn’t paid El Paso police bills
President Donald Trump has pledged the federal government will provide “whatever is needed” to help El Paso, Texas, recover from a mass...
The Hairball That Gagged a Fracker
Rick Berman is a political consultant who plays so dirty even Big Oil is not interested him. This man takes funding from corporations and uses that money to publicly slam environmentalists, low-wage workers, and any of his enemies.
Sanders-Warren plan would tax the rich to increase social security by $2,400 a year
"Right now, a Wall Street CEO who makes $30 million pays the same amount into Social Security as someone who makes $160,000 a year," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "Our bill puts an end to that absurdity."
White right fright jeopardizes the ‘endangered’ dominance it can’t abide losing
Trumpism is death to fair elections, legitimate challenges, and the legal/judicial system that identified every crude, illegal attempt to game the system.
At Kentucky rally, Sanders blasts McConnell for ‘working overtime’ to reward the rich and...
"It's a question of whose interests the government represents. It's a question of whether you fight for the needs of the wealthy and large corporations who fund your campaigns, or the working families of our country."