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The Week in Review

September 30, 2023

'We Held the Line and Won': House Approves Stop-Gap Spending Bill With No Budget Cuts

Speaker Kevin McCarthy had previously said that bringing a clean spending bill to the floor would count as surrender.

September 29, 2023

Sen. Dianne Feinstein Dies at 90

California's longest-serving senator suffered a string of health crises in recent months, sparking concerns about her fitness for office and calls for her resignation.

September 28, 2023

'Top Tier Trolling': Fetterman Gifts House GOP Case of Bud Light Over Biden Impeachment Hearing

The Democrat "directed his staff to deliver a gift to the House Oversight Committee to congratulate and salute Rep. Comer and his Team America™ squad as they embark on their historic impeachment journey."

September 27, 2023

Supreme Court Could Trigger Hundreds of Billions in Corporate Tax Cuts 'With the Stroke of Pen'

A new report warns that huge tax gifts for corporations and "a $340 billion hole in the federal budget" are among the potential consequences of a case SCOTUS is set to hear in December.

September 27, 2023

'Unbelievably Cruel': GOP Pushes Astronomical Cuts to Education, Housing, and Food Aid

"The same party who provided $2 trillion tax giveaways to the wealthy wants to slash funding for WIC, devastating women and children," said Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore.

September 27, 2023

Writers' Strike Ends After Nearly Five Months as WGA Unveils Tentative Deal

"The WGA appears to have won more than analysts initially believed possible."

September 25, 2023

Senate Dems Want to Cancel All Student Lunch Debt—A 'Term So Absurd That It Shouldn't Even Exist'

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman said the aim of the bill is to "stop humiliating kids and penalizing hunger."

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Opinion

We Should Organize for a 20-Hour Work Week

The UAW demanding a 32-hour workweek, a reasonable demand that has the potential to help meet part of our current crises, and we should all be asking for more.

The Direct Action Wing of the US Climate Movement Is Evolving―and That’s a Good Thing

“Are you fucking serious?” one banker asked me, before trying to shoulder his way past us again. When he realized that we were, in fact, serious, he left to try and find another way into work.

These Supreme Court Justices Have Personal Investments in Companies That Could Reap Billions in Upcoming Ruling

Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito stand to benefit personally from the Court's ruling in Moore vs. United States because they own stock in companies that could enjoy billions of dollars in tax cuts as a direct consequence of the decision.

Matthew Gardner

When Taking On Google’s Monopoly, Don’t Settle For Less

A trial in the Google Play monopoly case could be an opportunity to compel Google to stop its anticompetitive practices through court order.

Maria Langholz,Kate Oh

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