President Joe Biden declared Monday he would not back down on his withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Republicans, fearful that he or future presidents might just be serious about discarding the long-time imperialist policy of so-called “nation building,”...
WASHINGTON—Hoping to gain activists and energize a large voting bloc, nine 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls – including one nobody’s ever heard of – tackled the problems of the poor and voter suppression of black and brown people, among other topics, at a...
WASHINGTON—Unveiling a comprehensive alternative to business as usual, the New Poor People’s Campaign opened its mass D.C. gathering with a detailed budget and domestic policy plan to cut the military budget almost in half and redirect those dollars to domestic needs:...
WASHINGTON —If the “income gap” between the rich and the rest of us is a chasm, then the less-discussed “wealth gap” – especially between whites and African-Americans – is the Grand Canyon. At least that’s what the figures show in a new report from the Institute for...
Mirror, mirror on the boardroom wall, who’s the greediest CEO of them all? This spring, as always, that’s going to be a tough call. We have so many worthy candidates. How about, for instance, the outgoing CEO at Coca-Cola? Muhtar Kent will step down as Coke’s chief...
Despite the applause he is receiving for launching a missile attack against a Syrian airfield last week, a few U.S. lawmakers are pointing out that by escalating the war in Syria Donald Trump has made a tragic, complex situation worse. Trump’s missiles were launched...
WASHINGTON (PAI) – Showing solidarity across continents, a group of U.S. unionists, members of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), made it quite clear to India’s ambassador to the U.S. that his nation’s diplomats should stop treating their own domestic...
WASHINGTON – A giant coalition of unions, progressive groups and grass-roots organizations is discussing the launching of a “Take Down Wall Street” campaign. In meetings at the AFL-CIO and elsewhere over the last few months, members have been hashing...
