Trapped in an empire of borders
The driver of the passenger van pulled onto the shoulder of the road, looked back, and said, “There’s an immigration checkpoint up...
Biden proposal for fossil fuel leasing on public lands called ‘massive climate failure’
The center is among more than 500 groups that responded to the rule with a letter urging Biden to "rapidly phase down federal fossil fuel extraction and production on public lands" to near-zero by 2030.
The White House vs. working stiffs
A handy new pamphlet counts the president's lies and attacks on the working people he duped into supporting him.
The greater the disaster, the greater the profits
The border-industrial complex in the post-Trump era...
As job gains slow, the Fed and Congress apply the wrong medicine
This is hardly the time to put on the fiscal brakes.
‘You ask a lot of stupid questions’: Latest attack on free press as Trump...
Smearing one reporter as a "loser," the president said he might revoke the credentials of more journalists.
Arizona Sen. Krysten Sinema leaves Democratic party
Sinema intends to continue to caucus with Democrats and keep her committee assignments.
A deal’s a deal’: Progressive leader holds strong on $3.5 trillion social investment plan
"Instead of undercutting the president ahead of an election year, progressives are the ones keeping the full Biden agenda on track."
On the (Empire’s) Waterfront
Remember the famous taxicab scene from the great film On the Waterfront? Ex-boxer Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) telling his older brother Charlie...
Is Big Tech too powerful? Chris Hedges & Ramesh Srinivasan debate Twitter & Facebook...
“To allow these companies to essentially function as de facto platforms for censorship and manipulation … harkens back to the way civil liberties were eviscerated in the wake of 9/11.”