Trump-GOP tax bill delivers $5 trillion to billionaires while slashing aid for working families
The legislation extends Trump-era tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy, adds new corporate giveaways, and revives controversial provisions targeting civil society, while gutting Medicaid and SNAP.
Republican budget shifts wealth to the top as workers pay the price, report finds
New congressional analysis reveals massive tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans while working families shoulder cuts, tariffs, and rising costs under GOP economic plans.
As Coasts Flood, Why Isn’t the Corporate Press Asking Candidates About Climate Change?
It is also possible that corporate capitalism, which both runs the candidates and runs the so-called “news” companies, is about as good at dealing with a rapidly changing environment as the dodo was.
Epic Middle East Heat Wave is Being Compared to Weapon of Mass Destruction
Temperatures in the Middle East have reached record heights leaving scientists worried about the future.
What it means for hunger to burn through the Pentagon’s ranks
Why does the U.S. have an obsession with defense spending rather than analyzing the military's food insecurity?
Why capitalism cannot finally repress socialism
Socialism is capitalism’s critical shadow.
Trump’s two-step strategy to take over the truth
The American people deserve better
Guantánamo’s last 100 days
The story that never was.
What The Media Should Know About Gun Background Checks
Although the details of the plan have not yet been released, several outlets are reporting that the Obama administration will address what is known as the “gun show loophole” or “private sales loophole.”
Chris Hedges criticizes mainstream media’s ‘cheerleading’ for Syria strike
“The corporate media has presented precisely the narrative and the images that the deep state wants.”