Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Where have all the children gone?

The loss of childhood and the cruel removal of any sense of hope or of a secure future have been seeping into global discourse about children for many years now.

From America with love

U.S. commandos are a “persistent presence” on Russia’s doorstep.

Why Mitch McConnell’s refusal to help states with pandemic costs is morally bankrupt

McConnell is focused on one thing—capitalizing on the crisis at the expense of working Americans.

Epic fail

Niger new ruling junta tells the United States to pack up its war and go home!

How corporations are using inflation to take your money

Billionaires have become at least $1.7 trillion richer during the pandemic, while CEO pay (based largely on stock values) is now at a record 350 times the typical worker’s pay.

A big day for Trump’s budget pick, Social Security – and millionaires

“We have a president who ran on a set of principles that he would not cut Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid, yet he is nominating someone whose views are very, very different.”

After Putin

Russia is increasingly becoming the Saudi Arabia of the north.

Trump’s climate-change sociopathy

Trump’s sociopathic behavior, and the corruption and viciousness of those surrounding him, has produced utter disdain for a world nearing the brink of human-made catastrophe.

Trump wellness programs would gut protections for people with pre-existing conditions

The ACA’s pre-existing condition protections are among the law’s more popular and important elements.

‘Five-alarm fire’: GOP adds over 200 poison pills to House spending bills

"We cannot allow policy that harms regular people, threatens our rights, hurts the environment, and does any number of other terrible things to ride along with the appropriations package," said Public Citizen's Lisa Gilbert.