Korea and the Geopolitics of the Impossible
Careful Korean diplomacy, coupled Trump’s desire to do what Obama couldn’t, could mean a rapprochement on the Korean peninsula no one thought possible.
Duterte’s New Warning to Mining Companies
OceanaGold’s mining agreement in the Philippines expires in 2019. Now’s a great time to act on the company’s reforestation scam.
Health Over Wealth for the World’s Richest — But What About the Rest of Us?
Big pharma brought in millions of dollars in profits through the overprescription of opioids. Is accountability for the 63,000 fatal overdoses they caused around the corner?
Far Right Groups Are Stumbling, But Their Rhetoric Is More Mainstream Than Ever
In a sense, the Republican Party has become a much more powerful instrument of white rage than the alt-right.
Plan to Cut Pentagon Waste Eliminates an Office Designed to Do Just That
Rather than returning the savings to the taxpayers, the plan means to plow those savings back into the Pentagon budget.
Time to Tax the ‘Swanktuaries’
Luxury buildings drive up housing costs, suck up energy, and help rich people warehouse wealth. They should pay a lot more than property taxes.
Will Greed Be the EPA Leader’s Downfall?
Activists are hoping to use Scott Pruitt’s self-enrichment at taxpayer expense to get rid of a dangerous climate change denier.
Forget Work Requirements for the Poor — Guarantee Them a Job Instead
Instead of stigmatizing struggling people, a jobs guarantee would do far more to lift poverty than Trump’s mean-spirited work requirement ever could.
Google Employees are Rejecting Militarism. That’s a Great Sign.
Techies who’ve come of age in a country perpetually at war are saying they don’t want their talents used to kill people.
Martin Luther King’s Dream Rises Again
A new report uses facts, figures, and faces to make the case for the revival of the Poor People’s Campaign.
Tax Day 2018 Was a Bonanza for Corporations and the Military
The Trump tax plan will likely lead to a corporate income tax cut of $135 billion in 2018 alone.
Five Tax Myths Debunked
It’s easy to get lost in the noise from pundits and politicians who thrive on the tax code’s complexity.
There Was Nothing Humanitarian About Our Strikes on Syria
We fired 105 missiles on April 14. That’s 10 times the number of Syrian refugees we’ve taken all year.
