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Fifty-One GOP Senators Just Voted to Cut $1.5 Trillion From Medicare and Medicaid to Give Super-Rich and Corporations a Tax Cut
The Republican budget, declared Sen. Sanders after its passage, “is not a bad bill. It's a horrific bill.”
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Americans’ Appetite for Cheap Meat Linked to Widespread Drinking Water Contamination
Industrially grown feed crops are poisoning our water.
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Activists in Puerto Rico Want the Jones Act Eliminated — So Why Are Unions Defending It?
US-policy is only deepening the crisis in Puerto Rico.
Trump’s War on Media Leaks and the Anti-Leak Training Program: A Chilling Combination for Whistleblowers
This is only retaliation.
In the US, Debtors’ Prisons Are Alive and Well
Peter Edelman discusses his new book.
Our Summer of Fire and the Fires to Come
Smoke from wildfires has long-term health impacts.
Mnuchin Gives It Away: “It’s Very Hard Not to Give Tax Cuts to the Wealthy”
The man who wrote Trump's tax plan claims the laws of math forced him to give the rich a huge tax cut.
What Breitbart’s Email Leaks Mean for Public Perception of the “Alt-Right“
We need a mass anti-fascist movement to unseat Breitbart.
Three Ways Trump’s Nuclear Strategy Misunderstands the Mood in Iran
Trump seems to think that he gains a strategic advantage by keeping everybody else guessing.
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The Power of Stories: Why We Need More Than Facts to Win
“You cannot take away someone's story without giving them a new one.”