Tag: politics
Nation unified as scandal-rich contest IDs ‘Trump’s most damning legacy’
Just because we don’t know the worst yet to come doesn’t mean we can’t have fun in the meantime.
On Asia trip, Trump met by protests calling on US to...
Professor Bruce Cumings, who just returned from Seoul, South Korea, talks about Trump and how upon his arrival he was met with protests.
US is now the ONLY country not in Paris climate agreement
Trump's stance on climate change and his withdrawal from the Paris Agreement has generated intense global criticism.
GOP, Democrats spin tax plan
Leaders in both parties make false and misleading claims about the GOP’s $1.5 trillion tax cut plan.
VP Pence won’t entertain Trump resignation
At his first under-reported, press conference, VP Pence shows why he remains Donald Trump’s best, most enthusiastic appointment.
A nation of relentless savagery
“The greatest purveyor of violence in the world: My own government, I cannot be silent.”
Neuroscientist Dr. Carl Hart: People are dying in opioid crisis because...
Columbia University psychology and psychiatry professor Carl Hart argues that people are dying because of ignorance, not because of opioids.
If you think DACA recipients are the only ones whose jobs...
Trump’s policy plans will end up hurting many people’s jobs, even though one of the biggest planks in his campaign platform was his promise to make jobs “great again” in America.
5 facts about Mike Pence’s close ties to the Koch Brothers...
The Vice President’s influence over the federal government and his fealty to the Koch agenda is breathtaking.
Americans and their love for perpetual wars
America can be – or rather, can only be – prosperous and strong without engaging in perpetual wars and aggression.
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Not very bright
How much of Donald Trump’s directive on U.S. tariffs imposed on nations all over the world—that in recent days has caused a stock market loss of trillions of dollars—is a result of his not being very bright?
Patriotic Millionaires challenge oligarch power with sweeping economic plan
As economic inequality worsens and public frustration grows, a coalition of wealthy Americans offers a radical legislative blueprint to dismantle the grip of the ultra-rich on democracy.
Chevron ordered to pay $744 million for decades of destruction to Louisiana’s coastal wetlands
A Louisiana jury’s landmark verdict against Chevron signals a major shift in holding Big Oil accountable for environmental degradation and decades of ignored coastal restoration laws.
Over 4,000 factory workers laid off as Trump tariffs spark economic chaos
A wave of mass layoffs across the U.S. exposes the real cost of Trump’s trade war, as union leaders and lawmakers warn of deepening instability in American manufacturing.
Israeli soldiers expose ‘kill zone’ campaign in Gaza, citing war crimes and systematic devastation
A new report from Breaking the Silence reveals shocking testimony from Israeli troops describing the creation of a lethal buffer zone inside Gaza, the deliberate razing of civilian infrastructure, and the normalization of killing civilians.