‘Not just bad, it’s pathological’: while pushing big oil bailouts, trump slaps wind and...
“Robbing from a clean energy future to prop up the dirty energy past.”
Consumers Lose, Wall Street Wins, in Right-Wing Court Ruling
The battles to rein in Wall Street fraud and resist the right-wing assault on an independent judiciary are far from over.
The Sanders campaign was about “us” — not Bernie — remember?
We should take Bernie at his words, and take them to heart: “Not me. Us.”
Whether Sauds, in Effect, Own the U.S. Government
“A dollar paid by a member of the Saudi royal family (or any other foreigner) smells just as sweet to a U.S. Government official as does a dollar paid by an American, especially in the current era of untraceable offshore accounts.”
Federal judge blocks Texas abortion ban, blasts “offensive deprivation of such an important right”
Abortion clinics in the state are already moving quickly to resume abortions.
Louisiana offers clear example why states should expand Medicaid – not reduce it
Legislators in Washington and in state capitols would be wise to see these results as a bellwether for the nation.
Why Trump is partnering with Christian Nationalists
Trump is playing to a rising white Christian Nationalist movement within the Republican Party.
The Money Primary
Running for America's highest office in our democratic republic has been perverted into a gold rush. The donors and political sycophants involved in this obscene corruption of the system are playing with dynamite.
‘Tax the rich’? Democrats’ plans to make the wealthy pay a little more will...
It's far below the level of progressivity the United States embraced in the middle of the 20th century—when wealthier individuals paid a much higher share of their income in taxes than the poor.
Now five men own almost as much wealth as half the world’s population
American billionaires all made their money because of the research and innovation and infrastructure that make up the foundation of our modern technologies.