Trump’s $5 Billion Wall Is a Waste
Here’s what we could spend it on instead.
It’s Too Easy for the Ultra-Rich to Pass Down Wealth. Here’s How to Fix That
Hint: simply increasing the progressive income tax on top earners isn’t enough.
Trump’s Complaints About NATO Defense Spending Don’t Add Up
If Trump’s concern is spreading the burden of security, why does he want the U.S. to ramp up its military spending?
What Ocasio-Cortez’s Win Says About the Rise of the Left
Small-dollar donations and serious on-the-ground and digital organizing are helping insurgents take back the reins of power from big money and proving voters are ready for an unapologetic leftist message.
Trump Thinks Propping Up Failing Coal Is a ‘National Security’ Emergency
Renewable resources won’t threaten America’s electric grid.
These ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bills Send the Wrong Message on Race and Violence
This is just the latest congressional favor for the Fraternal Order of the Police.
Impeach Scott Pruitt for Dismantling the EPA, Not His First-Class Flights
The petty corruptions lawmakers grilled Pruitt for pale in comparison to his actual policy record at the EPA.
With Tillerson Out, Trump’s Bringing Foreign Policy Deeper Into the Dark Side
Trump, who started out his administration with radical outsiders, is now bringing in a new wave of competent extremists.
How Gary Cohn and Andrew Mellon Both Failed America
Mellon’s failure greased the nation’s way into a decade of Great Depression. Will Cohn’s tax-cuts do the same?
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is a Scam
As another corporate giveaway, the plan would put major public infrastructure up for sale, and would loosen environmental rules designed to protect local communities.
Trump’s Policies Will Devastate the People He Used as Props for His Speech
Health care costs are set to jump, and big employers are shedding jobs despite taking tax breaks.
Apple Avoided $40 Billion in Taxes. Now It Wants a Gold Star?
What Apple really unveiled were plans to collect a massive windfall from the GOP’s corporate tax handout.
Trump Just Made it Easier to Deny Medicaid to Poor Americans
Corporations get a tax cut and lay off workers, while individual Medicaid recipients will have to provide proof of work status to hold onto their health insurance. That hardly seems fair.
I Live in a ‘Shithole Country.’ It’s Called the United States.
A country’s greatness is measured not by its richest, but by how it treats its most vulnerable members. By that measure, we’re a certified shithole.
America Bears Responsibility for Libya’s Slave Auctions
The emergence of slave auctions in Libya have a basis in catastrophic Western military intervention.