Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Amid tensions, Italians set to go to the polls

The national election scheduled for March 4 could see a breakthrough moment for the country’s new right, but fear and anger are building up.

Financial crisis – Rinse and repeat?

Is the stock market about to totally crash?

Burrito economics

Instead of complaining about a so-called “labor shortage,” Republicans ought to be complaining about the shortage of jobs paying a living wage.

Why Bernie Sanders’ Brainstorm Shouldn’t Die

While running for office, Sanders backed the idea of using the US Postal Service as an alternative to pay lenders and other expensive fringe financial services.

How to keep businesses (and small towns) alive when owners retire

In Kansas, a new matchmaking service is helping transition small businesses to new hands. Could it be a model for the rest of rural America?

Clarence Thomas’ 38 vacations: The other billionaires who have treated the Supreme Court Justice...

Thomas has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons that is far more extensive than previously understood.

New bill terminates vaccine requirement for air travelers to US

The argument against the bill states that this could put "American health care at risk."

The “center-left” had its chance; it’s time for something new

Is the left’s populism answering the unmet needs of people in Western Europe and the United States?

Who will lead the anti-Trump resistance?

Figures like Sanders, Ellison, and Elizabeth Warren embody both the ideas and the integrity Democrats will need to mobilize their base and win back lost voters.

Worth dying for?

When it comes to the war in the Greater Middle East, maybe we’re the bad guys.