Jeff Chester is executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, a Washington, DC, nonprofit group that helps hold accountable the digital media industry. Follow the CDD on Twitter: @digitaldemoc.
The senator criticizes lawmakers for prioritizing the military-industrial complex over working families as the Senate advances a near $1 trillion defense budget.
Twelve Republican-led states face a January 1 deadline to join the Summer EBT program, a lifeline for millions of hungry kids, as advocates urge governors to act amid rising food insecurity and economic challenges.
Lawmakers created a new type of Medicare tax to capture the kinds of income the rich often enjoy, but a host of billionaires have managed to avoid paying it.