Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Tag: President Joe Biden

Reasons for optimism? President Biden’s first month

Considering what we might have expected from his long and often troubling record in government, Biden’s tone and actions so far should give American progressives some reason for cautious optimism during this very difficult time.

New economic study ‘demolishes’ myth about student debt parroted by Joe...

“The vast majority of borrowers that benefit from forgiveness hail from low- and lower-income communities,” the study’s authors affirmed.

Biden ‘can and must go big,’ say progressives urging president to...

“Far more than $10,000 in cancellation is required to provide aid that 44 million families and the economy need.”

Coalition calls for justice telling Biden to pardon non-violent federal marijuana...

A coalition of business groups and criminal justice reform advocates are holding President Biden accountable in following through with his campaign promise...

Trump is history. It’s Joe Biden who’s changing America

The stars are now better aligned for fundamental reform than they’ve been since Reagan.

‘A day peace activists… Have been waiting for’: Biden vows to...

“This decision is the result of years of activism from Yemeni Americans and grassroots activists all over the world. Congrats to lovers of peace everywhere who know #YemenCantWait.”

After the Muslim ban

I’m glad Biden repealed Trump’s Muslim ban, but the work of repairing the harm is just beginning.

Back to Cold War 2.0 with Biden and his ‘diplomacy-favoring’ Secretary...

Who’s the U.S. to demand that Russia free anyone?

Biden must not surrender

The multiple crises engulfing America are huge. The window of opportunity for addressing them is small.

Biden can’t heal America by himself. Here’s how to help

“We may come from different places, hold different beliefs, but we share in common a love for this country.”

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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?

The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.

Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press

The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues

Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...

What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?

Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...

A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.

Now you see them… now you don’t

Women leaders and Trump 2.0.