By Jake Johnson Framing the climate crisis as both an existential threat and a “tremendous opportunity” to fundamentally transform American society, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in November unveiled a Green New Deal…
By Hadas Thier After several months of campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are playing very nice with each other. But the rest of us are starting to debate the…
by Carol Anderson America hangs in the balance. The elections in November next year will determine whether the United States continues down the road of authoritarian dynastic rule or reclaims the work of expanding and…
By Dean Baker The Social Security 2100 Act proposed by Connecticut Representative John Larson is getting closer to being passed by the House of Representatives. It now has more than 200 co-sponsors. If it were…
By Jill Richardson This fall, thousands of Californians were fleeing raging wildfires while millions sat in the dark. And for-profit utilities may be to blame . . . Read more at Otherwords
By Aaron Fernando When you pay state and local taxes, parking fees and other payments to your regional government, chances are those funds will almost immediately end up in a corporate bank . . ….
By Howie Hawkins There are serious problems with Internet policy in the United States that are the predictable outcome of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) consistently placing corporate interests above the public interest. The FCC…
Ending overpolicing will require much more than better oversight and training By Alex S. Vitale Policing needs to be reformed. We do indeed need new training regimes, enhanced accountability, and a greater public role in…
By Biba Adams A decade ago, a resurgence of urban gardens and farms sprouted a new agricultural trend around the country. And while many of them continue to thrive, in the past five years, another…
By Scott DiSavino, Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) — The Trump administration’s effort to cut red tape and speed up major energy projects has backfired in the case of the three biggest U.S. pipelines now…