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Tag: Joe Biden

Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future

Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.

New House bill seeks 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices

A new proposal to impose term limits on Supreme Court justices has reignited national debate over ethics scandals, partisan rulings, and the growing concentration of power inside the nation’s highest court.

The most valuable lesson Democrats could actually learn from Biden

Democrats can shake off old ways of thinking by standing on their visions for the future even in conservative areas by passing the baton to the next generation to ensure the work of creating a better society for everyone can continue.

The genocidal war by Netanyahu on Gazans, using Biden’s weaponry, continues...

It’s the epitome of ultra-cruel. These Israelis and Bibi Netanyahu are acting like savages turned loose on helpless people.

Biden pledges Amazon aid in first-ever visit by a US president...

Biden promised funding to protect Earth’s largest tropical rainforest, and signed a proclamation making Nov. 17 International Conservation Day.

Biden must stop enabling ‘this evil genocide,’ Progressives say after latest...

"These atrocities must end. Civilians and civilian infrastructure must always be protected."

Supreme Court refuses to hear Biden’s emergency abortion rule appeal, allowing...

This decision came on the first day of the Court’s new term and has significant implications for the legal landscape of reproductive rights across the country.

Tensions escalate as Biden considers Israeli strike on Iran’s oil infrastructure

The announcement has sparked alarm across the globe, with concerns about soaring oil prices, increased instability in the region, and domestic political ramifications in the United States.

Biden’s Israel policy has led us to the brink of war...

How Biden's unconditional support for Israel's expanding war with its neighbors has brought the United States to the brink of war with Iran.

Escalating violence in Lebanon: Tlaib denounces US support as Biden defends...

Differing responses between Rep. Rashida Tlaib and President Biden highlight U.S. involvement in Israel’s ongoing attacks on Lebanon, raising concerns about civilian casualties and broader regional war.

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The west front of the U.S. Capitol. The Protected Time Off Act, pending in Congress, would guarantee full-time workers two weeks of paid annual leave. Photo: Architect of the Capitol (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none

Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.

The emperor’s new rules

What rules could possibly legitimize the kind of destruction we just witnessed in Gaza, and who would want to live in a world ruled by them?

Trumping the future

Okay, I’ll admit it. Sometimes I can’t take the bad news. It’s too much. It’s so extra, as the kids like to...

Legal battle looms as Louisiana mandates Ten Commandments in classrooms

Republican Governor Jeff Landry signed House Bill 71 into law, mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed in "large, easily readable font" in public classrooms by the start of 2025.

The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet

As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.