The climate crisis, healthcare, worker protections, and the fight against poverty are all adversely effected by the power of the wealthy elites who control the economy and the political sphere.
Politics, Corruption & Criminality
When an American president speaks about Canada it should be with respect and friendship, and they should understand that the head of government is addressed as prime minister.
Dark money and charity organizations led by former intelligence officers and ex-feds have been spreading propaganda about conditions at the border—and raking in profits from their efforts, with Tom Homan now named as Border Czar.
Trump is just the latest in a long line of politicians who have objected to the fact that Latin American immigrants who come to the U.S. without legal permission can have babies who are U.S. citizens.
Yoon’s behavior serves as both a warning and a call to action: democracies must stand vigilant against the creeping authoritarianism that threatens their core principles. As Trump’s return looms, these lessons cannot be ignored.
Authoritarians always love the poorly educated and the mis-educated. The well-educated, the readers, the questioners, those who demand evidence, gather facts, and trust verifiable information (as opposed to propaganda) are a threat.
Democrats need a leader that understands the cycles of history and is a master at communicating a progressive agenda without pandering or compromise. That person should lead the Democratic Party.
Incompetence and conspiracy theories meet a deadly virus: Will history repeat itself, or will we face an even deadlier disaster with unprepared leaders at the helm?
Pete Hegseth is one of the most extreme far right figures ever nominated to a cabinet post, at least in modern memory.
Press freedom groups also worry that Trump’s promises to use the federal bureaucracy to seek retribution against perceived enemies would extend to journalists.
Oz’s 2022 financial disclosures show that he has invested in health care and food firms. If confirmed to run CMS, his job would involve interacting with companies that have contributed to his wealth.
NOTHING Trump does with our military will be to protect the citizens of the United States of America. EVERYTHING Trump does with our military will be to protect himself from the citizens of the United States of America.
Class war sounds ugly, but it’s exactly what Republicans and their billionaire backers have been waging against working class Americans for 43 years now. It’s damn well time to fight back by declaring a class war of our own.
A rightwing author is using the theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer—executed for resisting Hitler—as a figurehead against the left, raising fears of political violence.
With bought politicians, and a court on their side—the billionaires have seized control.
The Dirty Money Project is a searchable database to track donations to Florida politicians from polluting industries such as Big Sugar, the agricultural industry, phosphate miners, major utilities, developers and even the sneaky “polluter PACs."