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An agreement in which Pentagon spending was off the table but sharp cuts to programs that provide a lifeline to the nation's most vulnerable...
A pending ruling on in Allen v. Milligan could be one of the most damaging yet by the supermajority of John Roberts' right-wing court.
As debt ceiling negotiations leave defense spending in tact, representative Lee’s lone vote for peace remains a tiny light of courageous hope...
The gung-ho American journalists summoning Ukrainians to punch holes in enemy lines might better serve their readers by reflecting on decades of...
This geopolitical security plea for the Alaska LNG project ignores the Biden administration’s commitment to a 1.5°C aligned pathway to limit...
The voices for real solutions to the single-use pollution crisis are being drowned out by the plastic industry’s overwhelming influence and power.
He’s more dangerous demagogue than Trump because DeSantis knows exactly what he’s doing and where he wants to take the country — into tyranny,...
A resounding victory in the primary race to be the next Allegheny County Executive shows that bold candidates can defy conventional wisdom by...
When it comes to sustainable farming and the climate crisis, the former Secretary of State seems to be more interested in science fiction than...
Unconscionably belated but still deeply germane: This week Biden urged Americans to "ensure our democracy (and) our decency endures" - this, in a...
The GOP attacks are relentless. I believe that in our hearts, we all want what is fair and right. Most of us believe there should be equal...
This whole nightmare of a list might be defensible if it made us safer, but it doesn’t.
The answer is yes. The ex-president is the overwhelming favorite to win his party’s nomination. And after that, there is no certainty of what...
Must our leaders take us to the brink of World War III, with all our lives on the line in an all-out nuclear war, before they will permit a...
Building more gas pipelines like Mountain Valley does not increase the United States’ security under any definition. It does the opposite.
Many will argue that chemicals are needed to feed the population, but this is a false dilemma.
The days has too often and for too many become an expression of faux patriotism that further exploits the sacrifices of the slain and the grief of...
In 1937, police killed striking steel workers in Chicago, but the story behind the tragedy was repressed. No more.
We need a public option for banking that is focused on providing a basic service to people who need it as opposed to satisfying wealthy...
The U.S. is not in a conventional shooting war, but we are behaving as though we don't care if we fall into one.
Fossil fuel executives have funded a massive, 50-year-long campaign to lie to the American people, cloud the science, and buy off Republican...
Throwing the question of “Why?” into the media’s reporting will help veer the national focus beyond armed paranoia toward finding and...
The trigger of anxiety is not climate truth; it's the unsettling silence of inaction echoing against that truth.
We should be fearing, not cheering, the prospect of an American trillionaire.
Current tax rules effectively subsidize investment income of the wealthy that far exceeds the income these individuals earn from work. Time to to...
We know that proper social investments keep us out of poverty, drastically reduce unemployment, and give lifelong positive benefits to children. So...
Many hardships are forced on defendants and their families pre-trial, including the heavy pre-trial financial burdens imposed by the bail system...