“It makes it harder for poor and low-income families to access food benefits they deserve, while making it easier for wealthy people to cheat on their taxes.”
“As an expression of values, its proposals to invest in families and workers, protect Social Security, and strengthen Medicare reflect the values of most of us.”
Today the White House released the President’s budget request, laying out the President’s priorities for the country.
If cutting corporate tax rates and making billionaires wealthier actually fixed inflation, it would have been fixed ages ago.
Black students have had to take out larger loans and faced greater difficulty paying them back than other borrowers.
Phyllis Bennis speaks about Biden’s trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, and his limited discussion of the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh.
Letter denounces corporate lobbyists’ assault on vital programs and services supporting children and working families and combating climate change.
Letter denounces corporate lobbyists’ assault on vital programs and services supporting children and working families and combating climate change.
Wish-lists of progressive public policies never change the world. But they sometimes do excite the people who can.
Once again the drone war, militarization of U.S. policy in Africa, and Palestine all remain unmentioned.
The U.S. has to start pressuring Israel to cooperate.
Palin and Biden both uttered an alarming number of false and misleading statements.
Obama’s choice of Biden as running mate repudiates his anti-war supporters.
Bush should be seeking new and creative ways to stop the utter destruction of Iraq and the constant loss of our soldiers.