by Jake Johnson "U.S. President Biden must match his own rhetoric on shutting down global illicit finance, and start with the biggest offender—his own country."
by Andrea Germanos To "Democrats in Congress who know me and ask me for money continually," he says: "Pass the Biden infrastructure plan or never ask again. Ever."
by Jake Johnson "How many more people must die needlessly before countries do the right thing and support the lifting of patent restrictions, so Covid-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments can be produced worldwide?"
by Kenny Stancil "How many more insurrections have to happen before we hold Facebook to account?" one group asked after whistleblower Frances Haugen said the corporation is unwilling to confront hate speech and disinformation.
by Julia Conley "The fact of the matter is that these death sentences are not about justice. They are about who has institutional power and who doesn't."
by Jake Johnson "I think it's unfortunate that we have to compromise with ourselves for an ambitious agenda for working people," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
by Raymond Bonner Abu Zubaydah has been a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay for 15 years. He's asking the Supreme Court to allow his lawyers to depose the two men who oversaw his torture.
by Shanna Hanbury "Justice, however slow, is being served," said Indigenous chief Geovani Krenak. "The spirit of our assassinated warriors, like my grandfather, welcomes this decision."
by Mark Evans The left is suffering from a crisis of identity, a crisis over the meaning of what, historically, has been its official alternative to liberalism.
by Chuck Collins These disclosures about the how the world's wealthy and powerful hide their vast fortunes will hopefully turn up the heat on the politicians that maintain the wealth-hiding status quo.
by Erika Spanger-Siegfried Our failure to pass this test doesn’t mean failing a class, it means—and this is not hyperbole—an end to the world as you and I know it.
by Adam Ramsay In an era of global surveillance capitalism, the rich can flit around the world with their vast fortunes while the rest of us are forever trapped by borders.
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