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At his recent town hall, Joe Biden made a series of convoluted and condescending comments about American student debt. His remarks cast doubt on...
You cannot add jobs by subtracting jobs That is the simple truth behind desperately needed aid for states, cities, towns and schools. Over the last...
It was heartwarming to see 90-year-old Briton Margaret Keenan becoming the first patient in the world to get the SARS-CoV2 vaccine in early...
Dear Mr. President, The world has welcomed your election and commitment to restore diplomatic engagement with the international community to the...
The cornerstone of every social structure is its belief system, and those who control and benefit the most from the system have one primary job:...
As a global pandemic wreaks havoc on human health and the economy, it would seem to be a good time to take stock of our country’s priorities, yes?...
The U.S. airstrikes Thursday night against targets in eastern Syria escalate Washington's conflicts in the Middle East, adding more instability to...
The U.S. bombing of Syria on Thursday immediately puts the policies of the newly-formed Biden administration into sharp relief. Why is this...
Slowing the pace of climate change and getting “tough” on China, especially over its human-rights abuses and unfair trade practices, are among the...
Texas had only just frozen over. In the wake of a devastating winter storm, millions in the state were without power and struggling to find...
Originally published in National Priorities Project. On his first day in office, President Joe Biden made good on his campaign promise to rejoin...
In the wake of the January 6 pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol, momentum has grown across the country to institute a new, domestic “war on...
As Democrats push to include a $15 federal minimum wage in the Covid stimulus package, many media reports have been giving the false impression...
More than 230 years ago, the founders of the United States enshrined their vision for our democracy in the preamble to the Constitution. Its...
Most corporate media outlets have depicted President Biden’s effort to win Senate confirmation of Neera Tanden as a battle to overcome Republican...
An economy devastated. One in twelve Americans sickened. Millions hospitalized. One half million dead. As we mourn 500,000 Americans who have died...
David Fleming, the late British economist, contributed many blazing insights; one that’s captivated my attention recently has to do with capital....
Today— Wednesday, February 24—the House Committee on Oversight and Reform will hold a hearing on options for reforming the US Postal Service to...
It's written that Nero, the debauched ancient emperor, fiddled while Rome burned. Whether or not that's true, it certainly is true that Ted Cruz,...
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador quietly rocked the agribusiness world with his New Year’s Eve decree to phase out use of the...
Opponents of raising the minimum wage have seized on a recent report by the Congressional Budget Office that estimated that increasing it to $15 an...
The Guardian has fired one of its columnists for its US edition, Nathan Robinson, because Robinson jokingly tweeted about US military aid to...
I have spent the past several years on my blog trying to highlight one thing above all others: that the institutions we were raised to regard as...
Rush Limbaugh died on February 17, leaving behind a legacy of lies, bigotry, science denial and conspiracy mongering—as well as a media and...
In early February, a study was published that claims that UK towns with more immigrants do much better economically. Commissioned by anti-racism...
This article was jointly produced by Foreign Policy In Focus and In These Times. The first month of the Biden presidency was a flurry of...
Members of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa gather periodically at Grandma’s Table, a sacred site on the tribe’s northern...
Low-and moderate-income households bear heavy housing and energy cost burdens. In the United States, people with low incomes spend about three...
This morning, the House Oversight Committee will hold its first hearing on the U.S. Postal Service since Democrats gained control of the...
Economic crises shine a spotlight on a society’s inequities and hierarchies, as well as its commitment to support those who are most vulnerable...
The Republican Party is shrinking. It’s lost the popular vote in seven of the past eight Presidential elections. Since Trump’s attempted coup,...
The February meeting of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Defense Ministers, the first since President Biden took power, revealed an...
A future without cages is upon us. Over the last decade, consumers and nonprofits have convinced nearly 400 companies in the US that transitioning...
As President Biden pushes ahead on his $1.9 trillion recovery package, some of the usual voices on the Right are worrying aloud that the federal...
Today is the first day of 2021 that millionaires make no contribution to Social Security. Social Security gives retirement, disability, and...
If you grew up agitated that "women earn 59 cents on the dollar," for the same work as men, there’s a movie for you. At the beginning of the new...
Around 30,000 homes in Texas still have no power, and millions of Texans remain under a boil-water mandate days after a deadly winter storm wiped...
The fundamental right in a democracy—the right to vote—is once more under siege. In state after state, Republican legislators have introduced...