Merger mania in the military-industrial complex
Pentagon waste is a longstanding issue in desperate need of meaningful action.
Trump administration narrows Endangered Species Act protections by removing habitat destruction rule
The administration has eliminated a decades-old definition of “harm,” making it more difficult to use the Endangered Species Act to stop projects that destroy critical wildlife habitat.
Trump planning to run in 2024? From his jail cell?
This guy is a political crook that has been allowed to run free—so far.
Let’s have a wealth tax to fund Medicare for All
The total amount of tax would be $8.426 trillion. At present, the federal government spends $4.407 trillion annually. The wealth tax would be nearly twice as large.
‘Silent coup’ or presidential paranoia?
He may style himself a populist but its becoming ever more clear that President Trump will be even more destructive to social and environmental norms than the 1% could have imagined in their wildest dreams.
Trump’s ‘power to the people’ healthcare pitch masks a plan that preserves private insurance...
Trump’s push to redirect federal healthcare dollars into individual cash payments while ending Medicaid and ACA subsidies is drawing warnings of a deepening national crisis and renewed calls for universal, publicly financed coverage.
Imagine Something Different
“The shadow of crisis has passed, and the State of the Union is strong,” President Obama assured us. From whose lives has the shadow of crisis passed? And for whom is this Union strong?
AOC warns failure to cancel student debt has ‘demoralized’ critical voters
"There are some things within the president's control, and his hesitancy around them has contributed to a situation that isn’t as optimal. The presidency is so much larger than just the votes in the legislature."
Garbage in, garbage CEO windfalls out
‘Waste management’ won’t help us confront climate change so long as corporate self-interest rules.
EEOC reportedly plans to narrow pregnant workers rules after midterms
The New York Times, citing seven people familiar, says the changes could end explicit fertility treatment coverage and widen religious exemptions.