Tag: Richard Eskow
What Does It Take to Survive Where You Live?
A new report concludes that current federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour doesn’t come close, anywhere in the United States.
Consumers Lose, Wall Street Wins, in Right-Wing Court Ruling
The battles to rein in Wall Street fraud and resist the right-wing assault on an independent judiciary are far from over.
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Hundreds dead from hunger in Gaza as Netanyahu vows to empty the strip
As children die from hunger and medicine shortages, global outrage mounts over what critics call a campaign of extermination in Gaza, enabled by U.S. policy and a vision of forced displacement.
The country Trump seems dead set on imitating
The Trump administration has begun offering wealthy foreigners the chance to emigrate to the U.S. if they fork over $5 million for a so-called gold card—an alternative to the “green card.”
Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ slashes healthcare and food aid while delivering massive tax cuts...
New CBO analysis confirms steep losses for poorest Americans under GOP-backed plan as Medicaid, SNAP, and public programs are gutted to fund tax cuts for the top 1 percent.
Elon Musk has the blood of 19 Kentuckians on his hands
DOGE cuts are killing Americans.
Federal judge slams Trump funding freeze, orders restoration of $176 million in environmental grants
Judge Gergel rules that the Trump administration violated congressional authority and the law by halting environmental and climate-related funding to cities and nonprofits across the U.S.