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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These Corporations Have the Biggest Influence on Climate Policy
The "Corporate Carbon Policy Footprint," a new analysis from InfluenceMap, now ranks Koch Industries as the company with the strongest opposition to the Paris climate agreement
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Citizen Debt Audits are Challenging Big Finance in the U.K. and Beyond
For citizen debt audits, the only way to challenge the power of banks is to reveal their crimes – then build a public movement that mobilizes around the injustice, demanding the public money be spent in the public interest.
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White Christians Are Now a Minority—But They’re Getting More Isolated and Less Tolerant
Religious homophobia is driving away young people, but evangelical leaders double down on anti-LGBT bigotry.
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World's Wealthiest Families Keep Getting Richer as Markets Boom
Only a tiny number of super-rich families lost money last year, and three in four increased their fortunes, research finds.
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Prominent Muslim Activist Smeared over Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund Tweet
Once again, the rightwing press, in its eagerness to slander social justice activists and Trump critics, has manufactured a problem it cannot help but contradict – even in its own reporting.
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16 Years After 9/11, Muslims Still Central Targets in War With No End
On Monday, many Americans "mourn the often forgotten victims of the never-ending wars and draconian counter-terrorism policies of the post-9/11 world: the Muslim community."
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What America Would Look Like if it Guaranteed Everyone a Job
Imagine if a well-paying job, with benefits and a high enough salary to pay for rent, transportation, and food, were a human right.
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5 Absurd Attempts to Equate Right-Wing Terrorists With Left-Wing Groups
Trump and Co. are taking examples of false equivalencies to new ridiculous new heights.
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Government Neglect Pushes British Food Banks to the Brink
"The government is almost refusing to accept that there is even such a concept as food poverty," said Dr. Martin Caraher, a professor of food and health policy at City University of London.
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How Should We Protest neo-Nazis? Lessons from German History
After the murder of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, many people are asking themselves what they should do if Nazis rally in their city. Should they put their bodies on the line in counterdemonstrations?
