Friday, March 29, 2024

Fair tax solutions for cities facing COVID-19 budget crises

Local elected officials should explore options for generating new revenue in ways that help reduce the inequalities that have worsened the effects of the crisis.

‘Unprecedented’: Trump adds Bannon to National Security Council, kicks out intelligence officials

“To reiterate, the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been removed from the National Security Council and replaced with a white nationalist. Worry.”

Mueller must act quickly to prevent the establishment of an authoritarian government in America

The Mueller Investigation: Timing is everything; we may have arrived at a pivotal time in U.S. history.

Trump team has ties to Atlantic Coast pipeline now being pushed by White House

The Trump team claims the Atlantic Coast pipeline could create 10,000 jobs, but there is little information to back this up.

Law firm partners arrested in connection to Panama Papers scandal

Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli and his family are also under investigation by authorities in Panama.

‘I’d drop any 10 of you’: GOP Rep. Clay Higgins threatens to shoot armed...

The Louisiana lawmaker is a staunch gun rights advocate in an open carry state.

Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, June 27, 2018

28-year-old Democratic Socialist wins the New York primary, the Supreme Court upholds Muslim ban and sides with anti-abortion centers, Occupy ICE protests spread, a federal judge sides with Big Oil, and more.

Protesters hear echoes of the past in Germany’s new police laws

The hollowing out of this constitutional firewall represents a weakening of a legal structure born directly out of the German experience of state fascism.
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The 6 most revealing moments from the presidential debate

The first presidential debate was as horrific as we feared it would be.

This is what austerity looks like

It is growing insecurity that drives fear, and the elites’ use that fear to divide us against each other.