Gun Violence is a Disease — Has DC Found a Cure?
A DC law seeks to identify and address the root causes of crime while moving away from the failed status quo of policing and punishment.
Incarceration and Deportation Rip Mothers From Their Families
We need to address the criminalization of race and poverty. To do so, we need to correct our swaying moral compass.
A New Progressive Standard on Campaign Cash: It Can’t Come from Corporations
PACs aren’t sitting well with left-leaning voters, leading candidates to move away from a reliance on corporate funding.
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.
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.
Congress Just Agreed to Completely Out of Control Pentagon Spending
Military spending will reach $700 billion under the deal to reopen the government, despite reports of hundreds of billions in Pentagon waste.
The GOP Tax Bill Does Nothing to Address Our Racial Wealth Divide
Instead, they’re prioritizing private jet ownership over home ownership.
Trump’s ‘Tax Reform’ Is More Regressive Than Even Reagan’s
The last thing the country needs is a sham tax reform designed to reward Republican donors with more tax breaks.
Climate Change is a Bigger Threat Than Any Military — Our Budget Should Reflect That
Facing financial ruin and the ruins of South Texas, some hawks want to throw more money at the military. That’s ludicrous.
How Energy Department Whistleblowers Outsmarted the Trump Administration
Rick Perry was all ready to release a broadside against clean energy policies. Career civil servants pulled the rug out.
Dirty Energy’s Quiet War on Solar Energy
Investing in the renewable energy economy is a win-win-win for consumers, but fossil fuel interests will do anything to prove otherwise.
Violence Should Be Treated As A Health Issue
Jeff Sessions wants law and order responses to violence, but cities and states are treating violence as the health crisis it is.
No Country for People with Disabilities
Trump wants to slash $610 billion from Medicaid — on top of the $800 billion the House wants to cut in repealing Obamacare. That will be devastating for people with disabilities.
Making Wall Street Loopholes Great Again
The public faces of President Trump’s tax plan, Gary Cohn and Steven Mnuchin, are poster boys for Wall Street tax-dodging.
State and Local Governments Can Take the Lead on Climate Policy
Policy change at the state level can keep environmental policy rolling forward, even as the federal government tries to roll it back.