Watch your wallets
The underlying problem isn’t that Americans have been living beyond their means. It’s that their means haven’t been keeping up with the growing economy. Most gains have gone to the top.
An Open Letter to the People of West Papua
“We have recently been discussing your ongoing courageous struggle to liberate yourselves from more than 100 years of occupation, first by the Netherlands, briefly and brutally by Japan during World War II, and now by Indonesia.”
America, go big again
From the start of our United States, Americans have backed leaders who dared to do big public projects.
America’s New Year’s resolution: Remove Trump
Republican members of Congress must join with Democrats to get this task done as quickly as possible.
‘A $753,000,000,000 Defense Budget Is a Failure’: Biden Pentagon Request Rebuked
Progressive anti-war campaigners and lawmakers blasted President Joe Biden's call Friday for a $753 billion military budget for fiscal year 2022, a...
Sanders Soars: The Democratic Race Is Closer Than The Republicans’
Bernie Sanders swept three caucuses last weekend by huge margins, knocking Hillary Clinton's pledged delegate lead down below 300.
The Freedom to Vote Act is no ‘compromise.’ pass it now.
The effort to roll back voting rights is unconscionable, and the federal government has a duty to act — now, before the next election.
Donald Trump Disrobed (It Isn’t Pretty…)
Either we recognize our own responsibility and demand better of ourselves AND our political leaders, or one day soon we will wake up and discover that the country we know and love is gone forever.
The Koch brothers’ new look
Their rebranded network now says they will support community groups trying to cure the miseries of eons – everything from poverty to addiction.
Sanders vows ‘strong solidarity’ for multi-state Amazon worker walkout
"If Jeff Bezos can afford a $500 million yacht, a $23 million mansion with 25 bathrooms, and a rocket ship to blast a comedian to outer space, you know what?" said the U.S. senator. "Amazon can afford to give its employees a $3 raise."