The Congressional Budget Office survived two major assaults on its existence earlier this week.
The House of Representatives considered two amendments to a spending bill Wednesday that would have crippled the CBO’s funding and staff. Both...
The American healthcare system was ranked last in a recent survey of 11 developed countries.
A U.S. think tank, the Commonwealth Fund, conducted the survey using data from the World Health Organization, the European Observatory on...
On April 12, 2016, then-presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held a campaign rally at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York in which he talked about the "physiology of poverty."
In other words, concern over where...
The Department of Justice released a report this week that shows that the majority of hate crimes, especially vandalism, go unreported.
Between the years 2004 and 2015, there were over 250,000 hate crime incidents each year....
With few exceptions, international confidence in President Donald Trump is far lower than it was under his predecessor, former President Barack Obama. Favorable views of the U.S., likewise, are in steep decline overall.
That’s according to...
One of the most significant impacts of the The American Health Care Act – the GOP’s long-promised effort to do away with Obamacare – would be its effect on drug treatment centers and drug...
President Donald Trump's approval ranking has been tanking the last few months. He thinks he won the popular vote, but it looks like he's not that popular. There's another point that should piss you off.
About...
There's always at least one person in a political debate to throw out the "Both sides do it" meme. But this mainly applies to corporate lobbying and influence, of which both Republicans and Democrats are unfortunately...
What comes to your mind when you hear the word 'Trump" - ignorant, liar, con man, misogynist pig, asshole, narcissist? The Quinnipiac University poll asked 1,078 voters the first word that came to their mind when...
In a recent editorial, the New York Times tore into the American Health Care Act, the GOP’s Obamacare replacement plan.
Beginning with the shameful fact that the House bill would strip at least 24 million Americans...
A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health found that Whites, not Blacks or Hispanics, are most likely to abuse "hard drugs" (cocaine, PCP, hallucinogens, and opiates).
The study examined a random sample...
According to new polling data, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders (I) is the country’s most popular politician.
The April Harvard-Harris poll found that nearly 60 percent of Americans view Sanders favorably. Among Democrats, unsurprisingly, he has a...
The horrifying photo below serves as a reminder of the seriousness of intimate partner abuse. It also gives insight into one of many reasons why victims don't just leave abusive relationships.
Police in the United Kingdom...
Despite the fact that he’s been in office since 1999, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has only introduced three pieces of legislation that passed into law.
According to Congress.gov, Ryan has introduced 103 pieces...
Here is the truth of every matter: there are always two sides to the story. With all that Trump has done just in his first month of office, there has been a lot of fear...
Yesterday, Donald Trump made good on his proposed Muslim ban, but the countries he banned travel from are not exactly the places which have historically caused the most damage to the United States as far...
The Twitter account for the Washington, D.C. metro system – known as WMATA – continues to troll President Donald Trump about his below average inauguration attendance.
During the Women’s March On Washington this past Saturday, WMATA...
President Obama’s final economic numbers are in, and the results are impressive.
In December, the job market grew by 156,000 jobs. It was the 75th straight month of job growth, the longest growth streak since 1939.
The...
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Last year, we were sickened to learn that toddlers shot someone every single week in 2015. Now that 2016 is over, we have found out that this...
New research from the Institute of Policy Studies finds that the wealth contained in the retirement accounts of America’s 100 wealthiest CEOs is equivalent to the funds contained in the smallest 40 percent of retirement...
