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CARTOON: COP-Out 28
Key players are using the COP28 climate conference to defend fossil fuels.
The High Cost of Low Holiday Prices
Give a gift to the starving workers who made your favorite holiday sweater — tell their employers to pay up.
The Importance of Home
For generations, poor people have relied on each other to keep a roof over their heads. But in the world’s wealthiest country, we need more.
Corporations Want to Save Junk Fees
Can you squeeze blood from a turnip? Some big corporations want to try — and you’re the turnip.
It Takes Strength to Survive Poverty — and a Safety Net to Escape It
As a struggling single mom, I’ve learned that poverty is a policy choice, not a personal one. We can reverse it — if we choose.
The Pentagon Just Can’t Pass an Audit
Conservative lawmakers calling for cuts should start with the agency that can’t account for $1.9 trillion — not the programs Americans rely on.
Voters Banned the Book Banners
Candidates aligned with “Moms for Liberty,” a group very much opposed to liberty in our schools, were run out of school boards across the country.
CARTOON: Planet of the APEC
The U.S. and China confronted big questions about their relationship at the Asia Pacific Economic Forum — really big questions.
I Help Seniors Get Health Care. Shouldn’t I Be Able to Afford My Own?
President Biden needs to stand up for federal call center workers like my colleagues and me.
The Humanities Are Priceless
We shouldn’t let far-right politicians strip our education system down to what corporate employers demand.
