Rights and Democracy
Why Scientists Marched
Hundreds of thousands of scientists and their supporters recently took to the streets, marching in favor of science-based policies. How did our science-denying president respond? With one of the biggest lies he's told to date — and that's saying something. "Rigorous...
Congrats, Graduates! Here’s Your Diploma and Debt
It’s that time of year again. Flowers are flowering, spring is springing, and across the country college graduates are graduating with their newly awarded degrees held high. Also high is the mountain of student debt most of these recent graduates are taking on. All...
Making United Great Again
You Pay Your Fair Share. Shouldn’t Wall Street?
Did you pay all of your taxes this April? Wall Street banks typically pay much less than the official 35 percent corporate tax rate. And yet after attacking Hillary Clinton for her ties to Wall Street, President Donald Trump is pushing reforms that would make it even...
Trump’s War on Urban ‘Carnage’ Was a Ruse
One of President Trump’s favorite themes is what he calls "American carnage" — typified by "the violence" and "the gangs." To that end, he's repeatedly highlighted the violence in Chicago. A few days after he was inaugurated, he even issued this warning via Twitter:...
Nuns Take On Wells Fargo
In an insightful song about outlaws, Woody Guthrie wrote this verse: "As through this world I travel / I see lots of funny men / Some'll rob you with a 6-gun / Some with a fountain pen." The fountain pens are doing the serious stealing these days. For example, while...
Gropers Unite
Money Talks. We Need to Talk Louder.
In today's polarized political climate, it seems like there's no issue that people can agree on — except for maybe one. Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, and people on all parts of the spectrum largely agree on one thing: There's too much money in...
A Tax Plan Only a One Percenter Could Love
After the failed effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), the Trump administration has set its sights on its next big project: so-called "tax reform." And the "reform" they seek appears guaranteed to elicit disdain from all sides — with the notable...
Feeding One Kid, Starving the Family
Imagine a parent who starves his children and fails to do any number of basic parental duties, but then buys one of his kids a healthy meal. Well, that's good. Great, really. But it's not enough. An act of goodness directed at one child cannot feed an entire starving...
