Economy and Business
My Christmas List
The special gifts I’ve arranged for special people.
Mitch McConnell Wants to Let Corporations Kill You
The Senate GOP leader’s refusal to pass COVID-19 aid without corporate immunity should be the scandal of the year.
This Holiday Season, Choose a New Food Future
What better symbol of agri-industry’s vision of “food” than the ubiquitous Butterball turkey so many ate for Thanksgiving?
Get the Feds Out of the Way of Cannabis Reform
The House just took a huge step toward repealing the marijuana prohibition. What’s next?
We Need an Essential Workers Bill of Rights
Walmart’s owners are seeing their wealth surge while my former coworkers there go without hazard pay. That has to change.
Biden Could Cancel Student Debt. Will He?
The federal government owns 92 percent of all student debt owed in this country. Canceling it could provide a huge stimulus.
Paying Politicians to Criminalize Protest
More communities are standing up to pipelines. The fossil fuel industry wants to make that a felony.
Make USDA ‘The People’s Department’ Again
For years, the Department of Agriculture has been run by Big Ag acolytes. Biden has a chance to change that.
We Need a Safety Net for Parents
The collapse of child care and traditional schooling is having a devastating effect on women in particular.
Don’t Trash the Affordable Care Act — Expand It
Not even a raging pandemic stopped Republicans from dragging yet another effort to throw millions off their health care to the Supreme Court.
