Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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Here We Go Again: Ignoring History, Congress Moves to Loosen the Reins on Wall Street
The great trick of Wall Street and its apologists is convincing the people it burned last time they were let off the leash that this time they’ll behave better, swear to God.
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Secret NYPD Files: Officers Can Lie And Brutally Beat People—And Still Keep Their Jobs
Internal NYPD files show that hundreds of officers who committed the most serious offenses — from lying to grand juries to physically attacking innocent people — got to keep their jobs, their pensions, and their tremendous power over New Yorkers' lives.
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In Radical GOP Education Bill, For-Profit Colleges Win at Cost of Students
The 590-page bill would bolster conservative voices on campuses while cutting $15 billion in student aid over the next decade, radically reshaping the definition of higher education.
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Republicans Are Planning to Unravel Wall Street Reform
The deceivingly titled "Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act" is a terrible bill that favors banks over people and allows the same risk in our financial system that the Dodd-Frank law eliminated.
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Resistance and Arrests In Louisiana As Fed Court Halts Bayou Bridge Pipeline Construction
New direct action resistance and arrests, along with legal roadblocks, are elevating the Bayou Bridge Pipeline to a level of national discussion reminiscent of the Dakota Access Pipeline conflict of 2016.
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West Virginia Teachers Strike Stretches Into a New Week with No End In Sight
West Virginia teachers will continue their strike on Monday, teachers’ unions and school service personnel announced, after lawmakers failed to improve their salaries and health insurance on Saturday.
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"Tipping Point": Americans Organizing More Than Ever After Florida Shooting
Outraged by the country’s mass shooting epidemic, gun reform groups say they've seen an unprecedented jump in membership and activity since last month's massacre at a Florida high school.
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Why Homelessness for Women Is a Lot Harder Than It Is For Men
Women who face the challenges of homelessness have to deal with additional factors when they find themselves without a place to live.
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America’s Richest 2% Made More Money in 2017 Than the Cost of the Entire Safety Net
Those Americans with an average net worth of about $2.5 million accumulated enough wealth in 2017 alone to pay for the safety net FOUR TIMES over.
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North Pole Surges Above Freezing in the Dead of Winter, Stunning Scientists
The sun won’t rise at the North Pole until March 20, and it’s normally close to the coldest time of year, but an extraordinary and possibly historic thaw swelled over the tip of the planet this weekend.
