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,...
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"...
Democrats hold the majority in both houses of Congress and they hold White House.
So how did such an important democratic issue like the eviction moratorium in place since September slip through the Democrats' fingers?
Now 15...
The clock is ticking.
There are four weeks left in the congressional calendar, which means when federal lawmakers return to Washington in September, it will be time to be gearing up for November elections.
While it's not...
Democrats hold the majority in the House of Representatives.
They hold a narrow majority in the Senate.
They have the White House.
So why are they bowing to republicans?
At a carpenters’ training center outside Pittsburgh, Pa. last month,...
"This legislation represents the boldest action taken on behalf of the American people since the Great Depression."
"This is seismic legislation."
This how House Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Pete Aguilar and House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal...
Former Democratic presidential candidate--now New York City mayoral candidate--Andrew Yang had a unique signature issue among last year's other presidential contenders.
He wanted to give every American $1,000 from what he called the "Freedom Dividend."
Last year Yang partnered...
Here are the words we have longed to say for four years: Donald Trump is gone.
After four dark, disconcerting years of anxiety and despondency, things are finally beginning to look brighter.
Not only is Joe Biden...
$600.
Unless things change, that's all some of us will be getting from the 5,593-page $900 billion relief package Congress passed Monday night.
It is half what the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act delivered in April,...
We've been stuck at home a lot this year.
Maybe you've been working at your Netflix list.
Perhaps you've discovered The Mandalorian on Disney+.
Quarantines, lockdowns, and general anxiety about going out in public have been boons to streaming media companies.
So...
12 million workers are set to lose federal unemployment benefits the day after Christmas if Republican lawmakers continue withholding funding for federal COVID-19 relief programs, threatening workers with evictions, student loan bills, and other expenses as the pandemic ramps up...
We see the headlines every year, particularly now, around the holidays.
Hunger.
In the richest country in world history--where Congress pays corporations to keep their workforces poor, where wealthy tax cheats benefit more from coronavirus pandemic relief...
12 million workers are set to lose federal unemployment benefits the day after Christmas if Republican lawmakers continue withholding funding for federal COVID-19 relief programs, according to a new Century Foundation report.
The study's authors, Andrew...
One day before being released from Walter Reed Naval Hospital for treatment for COVID-19, Donald Trump stated in a video he "learned a lot about Covid,” adding:
"I learned it by really going to school. This...
Wealthy corporations love it when average people do the corporations' dirty work.
All across the country, right-wing donors are using their money the Supreme Court has determined equals "free speech" to convince angry white Republicans "those...
The good news: House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve another $484 billion emergency relief package.
The bad news: Most of that amount--$310 billion--will be put toward replenishing the small business loan Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
That...
Former Democratic presidential candidate--now CNN political commentator--Andrew Yang had a unique signature issue among the other presidential contenders with whom he shared the stage.
He wanted to give every American $1,000 from what he called the "Freedom Dividend."
But...
Some use crises to enrich themselves, like Senators Jim Inhofe, Richard Burr, Ron Johnson, Kelly Loeffler, and Diane Feinstein were discovered last week to have been doing.
Some, however, seize opportunities crises present to usher in structural...
Do you know any Republicans who shouldn't be Republicans?
That is, those who aren't wealthy, rely on the same fire departments, police departments, food and drug safety standards, drive on the same public roads, and send...
