politics
To win in Alabama, Doug Jones must create a new coalition
December 4, 2017There is a new Alabama that has grown beyond old racial divides.
Read moreSenate Republicans pass tax cut for rich
December 1, 2017“These cuts go to corporate stockholders. They don't go to raise wages. They go to executive compensation. They don't go to create jobs. They go to stock buybacks."
Read moreBattle over consumer protection agency hits the streets and the courts
November 29, 2017The big banks have spent tens of millions in lobbying, and tried virtually everything, to eliminate the CFPB. The GOP has willingly obeyed their orders.
Read moreThis week in history: UN approves Jewish and Arab states in Palestine
November 27, 2017Seventy years ago, on November 29, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 181, remembered as the UN Partition Plan.
Read moreTrump Labor Secretary Acosta defends rules cuts, GOP tax plan
November 17, 2017“In its first 10 months” under Trump “there are troubling questions about whether the department reversed important progress made during the previous administration.
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