One step forward, two steps back in the struggle against anti-democratic corporate trade rules
Pakistan is the latest country to reject letting private investors sue governments in tribunals. But Ecuador is back-tracking and the lawsuits continue to proliferate.
Top Six Green Energy Good News Stories From the Paris COP21
There is some good news on the emissions front, and new renewable energy installations are key to it.
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.”
Old roads and new paradigms: on the last BRI Summit
On April 26 and 27, the summit of the Belt and Route Initiative, also known as the New Silk Road, was held...
Sanders says ‘no corporation that breaks the law should get a federal contract’
"No government—not the federal government, not the state government, and not the city government—should be handing out corporate welfare to union busters and labor law violators."
Here’s how Trump transferred wealth to his son while avoiding the usual taxes
Donald Trump sold two condos to Eric in April 2016 at a steep discount. But he doesn’t appear to be on the hook for gift taxes.
Texas loosens gun restrictions less than a day after a mass shooting in the...
"We are the only country that struggled with gun violence at this level. Other countries respond to tragedy."
Trump’s Tall Tax Tales
Donald is falsely framing his economic policies as good for working families, when he's really just protecting his own wealth.
When Barbara Lee doesn’t speak for me
Lee now seems to have cast aside her beliefs expressed in her historic 2001 speech.
Mega AT&T Merger Would put Clinton’s Trust Busting Promises to the Test
She’s already laid out an aggressive antitrust agenda. Would she unleash it on AT&T?