As musician Bob Dylan sang in 1964, "The times they are a-changing."
In January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported union membership in the United States in 2021 at 10.3 percent while the number of unionized...
It's no surprise republicans want to eliminate anything resembling a social program that helps the poor, elderly, and middle class.
Since its passage in 1965, Medicare has been on the list of items at which the...
It appears wealthy right-wing donors behind the anti-mask, anti-vaccine, anti-democracy, anti-intellectual, "COVID hoax" wing of the republican party have widened their franchise.
Touting a so-called "freedom convoy," Canadian truck drivers protesting a vaccine mandate have fanned...
It happens to millions every year.
They have a medical emergency and assume their health insurance will cover the costs.
Then a month or so later they receive bills for the cost of "out-of-network" care.
In the midst...
Here are just some consequential accomplishments the Democratic party can boast of this first year of the Biden administration with a congressional majority:
5.6 million jobs created and a historic decline in unemployment.
The most...
How would you like to wake up one morning to the following headline: "Donald Trump Indicted for Criminal Racketeering"?
Well, according to Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist David Cay Johnston, that headline may be breaking soon.
In an interview...
Randomly stop any individual at work, on the street, or anywhere else, and ask his or her opinion of the government.
You're bound to receive responses like:
"Government is too big."
"The government screws up everything."
"There's too much...
Amid all the perfidy, cronyism, and disregard for democracy and the rule of law the former Trump administration is guilty of, one good thing that came out of four years of the most corrupt regime...
Protectionist trade policies aren't just good for American jobs.
They're good for national security.
As tensions heat up between the United States and China over Taiwanese independence, it's time re-evaluate who supplies us with the goods on...
One of the ways Donald Trump secured the republican nomination for president, and ultimately the White House in 2016, was his opposition to other GOP contenders on Medicare, Social Security, healthcare, and the Iraq war.
While the other republicans–Jeb Bush,...
Last year, before losing the White House to Joe Biden, former president Donald Trump warned:
"If he gets in, you will have a depression the likes of which you have never seen. Your 401(k)s will go...
While the "human infrastructure" bill known as the “Build Back Better Act” will unfortunately have to wait a little longer, Saturday marked an historic day in America when House Democrats finally passed the "Infrastructure Investment...
For two weeks, the New York City Taxi Workers’ Alliance (NYTWA) members have been engaged in a hunger strike outside City Hall demanding Mayor Bill de Blasio grant debt relief for the taxi medallion price...
Many are aware Meta--the company now formerly known as Facebook--is a refuge for white supremacists, conspiracy theorists, and foreign trolls.
But human traffickers?
Among the complaints former Facebook employee, whistleblower Frances Haugen, filed with the Securities and...
This week we witnessed another example of how much the republican party hates democracy.
On Wednesday, Senate republicans blocked debate on S.2747, “The Freedom to Vote Act," the Senate's version of the “For the People Act”...
Democrats have a day to prove they are capable of delivering on President Joe Biden's campaign promise of "building back better."
If they fail, they risk a republican rout in next year's mid-term elections and possibly...
After decades of hearing republicans harangue about debt, deficits, and "fiscal responsibility," one would assume that when they are in the congressional majority and/or the White House, our economy would be stronger and more "fiscally...
This has been a whirlwind August for renters, particularly those behind on their rent.
At the beginning of the month, the federal eviction moratorium in place since September lapsed, leaving 15 million Americans facing possible homelessness.
Then,...
Amid all the perfidy, cronyism, and disregard for democracy and the rule of law the former Trump administration is guilty of, one good thing that came out of four years of the most corrupt regime...
Do you have that neighbor who bends your ear about the latest outrage he heard on Fox so-called "news"?
Maybe it's a relative who never misses Tucker Carlson's show, or believes One America News (OAN) is "balanced, unbiased"...
