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Progressives Demand Repeal of Paygo Law as Automatic Medicare Cuts Loom
Statutory Paygo requires deficit spending to be offset by cuts to government programs.
Interest in Public Banks Is Surging This Year
Publicly owned banks around the world have responded quickly and efficiently to crises.
DC Statehood Bill, Supported by Majority of Americans, to Get Hearing on Monday
A recent poll shows that 54 percent of Americans back making Washington, D.C. the 51st state in the U.S.
We Need an Interior Department Aimed at Environmental Justice — Not Destruction
The department’s role in facilitating oil and gas exploration on Indigenous lands has contributed to the climate crisis.
Biden Labor Board Strikes Barrier to Unionization of 1.5 Million Grad Students
Organizers are hoping that the withdrawal of a Trump-era rule rejuvenates unionization efforts among graduate students.
Our Taxes Subsidize as Much as 74 Cents of Every Dollar Donated by a Billionaire
Our system subsidizes the “generous” donations of billionaires in the form of lost tax revenue.
How Union Activists Pushed Congress to Save Hundreds of Thousands of Pensions
Teamsters organized to win $86 billion from Congress, as part of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill.
20 Rural Hospitals Closed in 2020. 13 Were in the South.
The closures will leave many rural communities without their primary employer and main economic infrastructure.
The Late Dr. Bernard Lown Challenged Us to See the Invisible, Do the Impossible
As cofounder of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Bernard Lown lived that challenge.
Prison Laborers Are Paid Pennies to Maintain the Prisons They’re Incarcerated In
More than 4,000 private corporations in the U.S. have a financial stake in the expansion of the public prison system.