Pentagon and Tax Cheats Already Cost Taxpayers Far More Than Biden’s Job Plan
Biden’s American Jobs Plan calls for $2.3 trillion in federal spending over eight years. That’s a lot, but much less than we spend on our military.
If Impoverished Countries Can Host Millions of Refugees, the U.S. Can Welcome a Few Thousand
The factors that drive displacement are often complex, but welcoming refugees isn’t.
Is the Long War Finally Ending?
Withdrawing several thousand U.S. troops from Afghanistan is just the tip of the iceberg.
The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Lining up Behind Far-Right Authoritarians
As climate change intensifies and countries turn to clean energies, Big Oil will take increasingly desperate measures to survive.
Water Is Life. Can We Protect It?
Americans will have to fight hard to protect their water from corporate greed. They can learn a lot from El Salvador.
Withdrawing U.S. Troops From Afghanistan Is Only a Start. We Have to End the Air War Too.
The war is a failure. Continuing to wage it will only result in further devastation.
Dangerous U.S. Bombing of Syria Worsens Regional Instability and Threatens Iran Nuclear Deal
Regardless of who is giving orders to U.S. bombers, we know that deploying U.S. troops, drones, and warplanes across the region does not provide safety or security for anyone.
Fossil Fuels Caused the Texas Freeze
The state’s fossil-fuel heavy electric power grid simply couldn’t handle the peak load.
Black Families Have a Major Stake in the Future of the Postal Service
USPS is a vital source of decent jobs for Black workers. It could also narrow the racial wealth divide by expanding financial services.
The U.S. Senate Is a Global Problem
The acquittal of Trump was bad, but the Senate’s approach to foreign affairs over the years has been even worse.
U.S. Taxpayer Dollars Should Support Vaccine Equality, Not Vaccine Apartheid
Let’s spend less on supporting vaccine apartheid abroad, and more on ending it at home.
Dismantle the Deportation Machine
Those who make it to the United States will face wretched conditions living in the shadows, even as they form the backbone of the U.S. economy.
Trump and His Many Billionaire Enablers
Trump didn’t get here on his own. Many have enabled him, especially the billionaires who funneled money his way and then stood by as he damaged our democracy.
Grocery Workers Call on Employers to Put Public Health Above CEO Profits
Congress let mandatory paid leave requirements expire at the end of 2020, sparking calls for universal leave benefits to protect workers and their customers from the pandemic.
In 2021, Let’s Ring a Global Alarm — on Inequality — That Everyone Can Hear
Our task ahead: preventing a deeply unequal world from recreating pre-pandemic business as usual.