| Oct 6, 2021 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyCorporate ideologues never cease blathering that government programs should be run like a business. Really? What businesses would they choose? Pharmaceutical profiteers? Big Oil? Wall Street money manipulators? High tech billionaires? Airline price gougers? The good...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyImages of Border Patrol officers on horseback whipping Black migrants shocked many Americans. President Biden called them “outrageous” and “wrong” and promised an investigation. Many members of Congress also spoke out. Given this reaction, you could be forgiven for...
| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAmerican families have struggled for decades to make ends meet with stagnant wages and a decimated social safety net. The U.S. now spends less on children than nearly any other wealthy nation. But this year, there’s a glimmer of hope that this trend might be...
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| Sep 29, 2021 | RoundupIt’s crunch time for the Democrats’ jobs and infrastructure package, also known as the reconciliation bill or the Build Back Better plan. There’s a big debate in Congress right now between members who support a more ambitious package a handful of...
