Tag: President Biden
‘All he has to do is sign’: Group crafts executive order...
"We have no other option but to fight for debt abolition and a society where everyone has the means to live."
Forests are crucial to combating climate change—will Biden rise to the...
Unsustainable logging by the forest products industry is driving massive carbon emissions.
Biden faces backlash over ‘shameful’ capitulation to GOP governors as they...
"Cutting off adequate supports to these workers to try to force them to take whatever job might be available is cruel."
As Biden marks 100 years since Tulsa Massacre, calls grow for...
We need something much more potent and much more substantial."
Tell Congress to pass a bold plan within the infrastructure bill...
It's time Congress makes firm commitments and landmark policies to have pollution-free transportation nationwide.
Biden proposes hiking taxes on richest Americans to fund universal pre-k,...
The president's tax plan—which omits an estate tax increase that he promised on the campaign trail—was devised to cover the cost of a significant expansion of the nation's tattered social safety net.
Biden creates commission to study Supreme Court expansion, other reforms
"Congress has the power, and the constitutional duty, to set the size of the court, as it has seven times throughout our history."
Don’t let President Biden ‘make us the dupes of our hopes’
More than being a time of hope -- or fatalism -- the inauguration of President Joe Biden should be a time of skeptical realism and determination.
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David Huitema confirmed as ethics Czar amid fears of Trump’s return and conflict of...
As Trump’s second term looms, the Senate confirmed David Huitema to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Advocates praise the move, but critics warn of a tough road ahead for government accountability.
Trump’s Energy Department pick: A Fracking CEO who claims ‘there is no climate crisis’
Wright’s history of denying the severity of climate change raise critical questions about his ability to lead an agency central to energy innovation and climate policy.
Pentagon fails seventh straight audit amid $1 trillion military budget
Meanwhile, Congress continues to approve unprecedented increases in military spending, pushing the budget close to $1 trillion.
Protesters demand US Senate block weapons sales to Israel amid Gaza death toll exceeding...
Emblazoned with slogans like “Stop Arming Israel” and “Fund Housing, Not Genocide,” demonstrators gathered in the Hart Senate Office Building ahead of a pivotal Senate vote on Wednesday.
In five years, Chicago has barely made progress on its court-ordered police reforms. Here’s...
Now many of the city’s reform advocates have lost faith in the process and are increasingly concerned that the opportunity for lasting reform is slipping away.