Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Tag: economic inequality

Is America’s $1 trillion defense budget defensible amid economic struggles?

Bernie Sanders challenges America’s staggering military budget, calling for reforms to address fraud, waste, and misplaced priorities.

Sanders backs potential VP pick Walz as champion for working families

Sanders endorses Minnesota governor Tim Walz as a potential vice-presidential pick, emphasizing his commitment to working families and progressive values.

Media that benefit from inequality prefer to talk about other things

As economic inequality surges in the US, major media outlets remain fixated on other economic issues, overshadowing a fundamental challenge to American society.

Billionaires don’t want you to know about this Supreme Court case

Judicial imbalance: unveiling the hidden conflict of interest in a pivotal Supreme Court case.

Tenants demand a national renters bill of rights amidst skyrocketing rents...

Rising up for housing justice: tenants unite to demand a national renters bill of rights.

Fearing government whitewash, scientists leak draft IPCC report urging bold emission...

"There is no point for us to just observe what a disaster is unfolding if nobody is doing anything about it."

Why the PRO Act is critical

The PRO Act alone won’t end economic inequality or return prosperity and opportunity to America’s working families. But passage of the PRO Act would help.

Linked dangers to civilization

Many of the serious dangers that we face today can be addressed by reforming our economic systems.

New report offers blueprint for a ‘clean slate’ for workers to...

“Democracy at work should be a right, not a fight.”

Fighting for America’s soul

Progressives are fighting to save the values and institutions on which their country was founded.

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Trump’s plan to gut Postal and Federal Workers’ Unions sparks fierce resistance

Unionized postal and TSA workers face a growing assault on collective bargaining rights as the Trump administration moves to dismantle protections and pave the way for privatization.

Trump’s legal offensive: How his executive orders seek to stifle opposition and punish dissent

Through executive actions targeting lawsuits and law firms, President Donald Trump is attempting to undermine legal challenges to his authority while retaliating against those who stand in his way.

Is this the beginning or the end of a new Cold War?

The United States and our friends in Europe have a new chance to make a clean break from the three-way geopolitical power struggle between the United States, Russia and China that has hamstrung the world since the 1970s.

Courage is contagious

Moving from fear to action in a disturbing world.

Rule Breakers: The compelling true story of Afghan girls who risked all to learn

Rule Breakers highlights the unique transformative power of education and raises awareness about the crucial importance of the right to education for girls in Afghanistan.