Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Tag: Social Welfare

Compassion on trial: Ohio pastor faces charges for sheltering the homeless

"In times of crisis, it's not just about the letter of the law but the spirit of humanity."

Congressional stalemate: $858 billion for military, yet $12 billion child poverty...

A critical look at the Congressional impasse over funding $12 billion for Child Tax Credit expansion amid the approval of a colossal $858 billion military budget.

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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.

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?

Now the putz has really done it, exposing the USA as trade pariah but,...

As a destroyer of global trade and hard-won allied trust, Trump mayhem in eight weeks tops the devastation Covid took two years to achieve.

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.

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.