Where does inequality come from?
By taking from the needy and giving to the rich, this one deliberate act by Congress would further widen economic disparity in our country by nearly $1.8 trillion.
Chris Hedges and Wallace Shawn on politics, playwriting and power
The two discuss experiences working in other countries and how those experiences led them, as Hedges puts it, to “grapple with the reality of empire.”
A tax on Wall Street trading is the best solution to income inequality
This is a great example of a clearly defined policy that will directly reverse some of the upward redistribution of income over the last four decades.
Kabul bomb blast kills at least 90 people. We need to know their names
We may never know who is to blame, nor, sadly, are we likely to learn the names and the life stories of the victims.
Trump holds a trump card: The power to pardon
U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 2 on pardon power of the president: ‘The President shall...have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.’
Making NAFTA worse
Trump promised to negotiate the widely loathed trade deal, which would be great – except he's giving corporations even more power to offshore jobs.
Noam Chomsky explains why ‘the Republican Party is the most dangerous organization in world...
Has there ever been an organization in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organized human life on Earth?
How not to make the budget balance on the backs of the poor
Limiting deductions and exclusions would be rational, fiscally responsible, and fair.
Cut corporate taxes? This is how the biggest companies cheated on taxes in 2016
Ten companies mentioned in this report collectively withheld nearly $15 billion in tax money in 2016.
Overseas travel cements Trump’s ugly ‘Ugly Americanism’
The good, if grim news about Trump and Gianforte is how readily exposed are their moral, legal and leadership defects – already instant late-night laughing stocks for having acted scandalously without penalty (so far).