Trump administration says it isn’t anti-science as it seeks to slash EPA science office
The Office of Research and Development has been at the front line of virtually every environmental crisis. Trump wants to cut its funding in half.
Just 6% of US House seats expected to be competitive thanks to rigged maps
The vast majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are becoming non-competitive.
If wage growth is driving inflation, why is workers’ share of income falling?
Perhaps some economists can tell a story where rapid wage growth is driving inflation even as the wage share of income is falling, but I’m not that good an economist.
Senate Finance Committee deals a blow to Big Pharma
As the Trump administration explores executive action to lower drug prices, drugmakers, private insurers, hospitals and pharmacy benefit managers are engaged in a lobbying war.
We need a mass movement to demand radical progressive change
Is the Democratic Party beyond hope?
Is universal basic income part of a just transition?
When you give everyone a chunk of change, does it really change their lives and their communities?
Healthcare ad spending exceeds $65 million in 2019 as insurance industry ramps up effort...
An Axios analysis released Wednesday found that spending on healthcare advertisements has exceeded $65 million in 2019 as dark money organizations, the insurance industry, and...
Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian: Optimism of the will
Three of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
How the Biden administration caved to Republicans on fighting election disinformation
Despite a White House pledge to counter dangerous conspiracy theories, the Department of Homeland Security has pulled back on a comprehensive effort to address disinformation to help election workers.
Why Raphael Warnock’s reelection could tip the balance for America’s economic future
“He’s there to work. He’s not there to make the backdoor deals. I wish we could have more senators like that.”