The Incredible Shrinking Populist: Donald Trump’s Tiny Economic Vision
Donald Trump is all talk and no action. In the end, he’s just another selfish and small-minded Republican, with tiny dreams and a tiny vision in a nation that is still capable of greatness.
America as a company town: Royal Dutch Shell workers in Penna. coerced to show...
There is a sense in which all colonialism is a form of company town writ large. Now, that’s America.
Yuge Trickle-Down Economics
Trickle-down economics has proven itself a cruel hoax.
This left challenger is showing how to use progressive economics to flip Trump country
Congressional hopeful Jess King is bringing an anti-poverty agenda to the working-class community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
‘Enough is enough’: top Senate Democrat vows to block all future arms sales to...
"The United States must immediately freeze all aspects of our cooperation with Saudi Arabia," said Sen. Bob Menendez, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
It’s only a mid-term—however daunting the threat
The remedy to fascist excess/ Is activist, real-world progress.
The Fed’s inflation mistake continues
Most of the pain is borne by people who are already struggling to keep up with rising prices: lower-wage workers and the poor.
Trump falls hard when his fixated, unforgiving base turns tail
Trump’s a tedious, malign vampire,/ But MAGA fuels the fiery liar.
Bernie Sanders will run for re-election as an independent in 2018
Sanders is currently serving his second term as a U.S. Senator after winning re-election in 2012.
Paradise Papers reveal tax evasion & shady dealings by Nike, Apple, Queen of England...
The revelations, known as the Paradise Papers, implicate more than a dozen of President Trump’s Cabinet members, advisers and major donors.