Tag: politics
Dangerous provocations: North Korea’s missiles and the risk of war
The Korean conflict is much more nuanced than the black and white way it’s usually presented.
Trump fiddles while the Korean crisis moves closer to igniting a...
While Trump tweets, North Korea successfully completes another test of an ICBM.
Despite withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, US will join climate...
The United Nations welcomes the Trump Administration’s re-engagement.
Feeding the beast!
Those who really ran this country made sure that only elected officials who would keep feeding this beast could hold office.
Bernie Sanders calls for fair pricing on taxpayer-funded drugs
“Sanofi and the rest of the pharmaceutical industry cannot be allowed to make huge profits on the backs of working class Americans.”
China has it, America doesn’t; a vision, a strategic plan for...
Is there any plan of any kind that this Trump-led government is following?
What’s next for health care? Confused Congress should look to Indian...
Indian Health Service is a great example of health care run and managed by the government. Let’s use it to figure out what works and what doesn’t.
Koch Brothers attempt to lower corporate taxes
This document set out a five-phase plan for helping to pass these Koch-favoring tax reforms.
LGBTQ workers still face employment discrimination
In an era when 90 percent of America believes it is unfair to discriminate against someone due to their sexual orientation, it’s remarkable we haven’t made this law.
The Trump administration’s dangerous plans for “America’s backyard”
The last thing these countries need is a further escalation of violence and new approaches for dealing with what is in large part a youth problem need to be put forward.
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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.