It wasn’t supposed to be this way. President Joe Biden was supposed to usher in the era of adults in charge again, after a Donald Trump presidency that saw scandal after scandal and seemed to thrive on chaos. … Read the full article at...
Earlier this week, Bernie Sanders released new details on his Green New Deal (GND), revealing how he plans to fund the ten-year mobilization program compared in scope and ambition to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal of the 1930s. … Read the full...
Walmart would have paid up to $794 million more in taxes last year under a tax plan from Senator Bernie Sanders, according to the Institute for Policy Studies. The Vermont senator and presidential candidate on Monday published a plan to decrease income inequality by...
It could be a big year—or a tumultuous one—for the marijuana movement. Right on the heels of California’s historic legalization in early January, Attorney General Jeff Sessions gave federal prosecutors leeway to go after marijuana in states where it’s...
Pot is gaining acceptance legally and across society, but don’t expect the Drug Enforcement Administration to change when President Donald Trump announces his choice to run the agency, experts say. The government arm that runs the war on drugs has never been hip...
The remains of the George Air Force Base on the edge of California’s Mojave Desert are little more than a dusty sprawl of squat buildings, their roofs riddled with holes, their hinged windows flapping open and shut in the dry wind. The George H.W. Bush...
What can be done to deter pharmaceutical companies from jacking up prices of critical drugs? To prevent Wall Street banks from excessive gambling? To nudge CEOs into taking a longer-term view? To restrain runaway CEO pay? Answer to all four: fulfill Bill Clinton’s...
Tom Christopulos steers a black Nissan Armada through the sharply angled streets of Ogden, Utah, a historic metropolis about 35 miles north of Salt Lake City lodged at the base of the towering Wasatch Mountains, dissecting the neighborhoods home by home and crunching...
“The real nightmare will be when the public sees the numbers, which will illuminate just how egregious the U.S. pay gap has become. According to the Institute for Policy Studies, a liberal think tank based in Washington, the average S&P 500 CEO takes home...
