Politics
Psst: What no one will tell you about the national debt (but I will)
May 13, 2026One of the biggest reasons the federal debt has exploded is that tax cuts have reduced government revenues by trillions, and most of the benefits from those tax cuts are going to the wealthy.
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Rev. Barber: What do we do when democracy is hijacked?
May 12, 2026At White House action against Trump’s “Holy War,” he gives the nation his answer.
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Devastating new U.S. sanctions against Cuba have international reach
May 12, 2026Canadian company is first targeted, sees shares plunge on the stock market.
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Trump’s Iran war: Economic rescue mission for U.S. capitalism?
May 11, 2026Now that the United States has de-industrialized and become debt-ridden, its ruling class has abandoned and reversed the economic rules that served it 80 years ago.
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Trump’s racist crackdown takes another ugly turn
May 11, 2026It can be hard to discern conspiracy theory from reality and under the Trump regime the two might just be the same thing.
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