Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Trump-GOP giveaway to Big Pharma will hit taxpayers with $9 billion in higher drug...

The budget office said it now expects the provision of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act to cost $8.8 billion over the next 10 years.

Making it easier to vote does not threaten election integrity

Simply put, tightening rules to prevent astronomically rare events of fraud is likely to cause far more harm than good.

The triad is not the trinity

It took me some time to realize that the triad was anything but the trinity, that it was instead a product of historical contingency.

Reaching critical mass on taxing the rich

“Taxing the annual gains generated by wealth closes a host of loopholes, while raising the sort of revenue needed to keep Social Security and Medicare secure for years to come.”

Populism is not about mobs, anti-government rants or opinion polls

It's necessary to restate the solid principles of populism and reassert its true spirit.

Judge sends Paul Manafort to jail – first Trump campaign official to be sentenced...

“There is a history of deception on behalf of Mr. Manafort in this case."

Underlying Reasons for the Raging Syrian War: Competing Natural Gas Pipelines

President Obama says we must get involved with the conflict in Syria to help destroy ISIS, but what if that is not entirely the case? Could a pipeline issue in Syria be the true reason the U.S. has gotten involved? As this crisis deepens we will find out.

If we’re honest, we all know Trump’s America

Trump articulates ideas that are closer to what is considered “normal” in the United States than many of us are willing to acknowledge.

So much for ‘the squad’—much-hyped new U.S. progressive bloc has caved to corporate power

People who want structural change in the U.S. will have to develop new channels and networks to overcome the established power system.

Under Trump air pollution has increased for the first time in nearly a decade

“We had expected that things would be getting worse—and that they would perhaps be getting worse in lots of places.”