Tag: politics

Guns have become an intimate part of American culture, one that is fed by gun-makers and the gun lobby, the right-wing media and Hollywood, and of course the Republican Party. Our children are paying the price.

Parents in DeVos’s backyard tell right-wing radicals, “No thank you to divisive, partisan agendas in schools.”

“The severity seems to keep going up. It doesn’t go down.”

Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations.

A principled conservative who rejected demands in 2020 to “find votes” is now singing a very different tune.

Russia could end up paying an extremely high economic price, of a full-blown Great Depression, for its aggressive war on Ukraine.

“Choose wisely, because cheaper does not mean better. You get what you pay for.”

Teachers ended a nearly three-week strike, citing advances in pay and working conditions for many members. But more work remains.

No version of “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS), part of the Clean Water Act, adequately protects the nation’s natural areas.

The federal government has for years enabled the private market to make money off our housing needs. Now, as home prices and rents skyrocket, there is a simple solution: offer people a public option for housing.