The Economic Recovery Is Mostly Benefitting White Families
The United States is slowly emerging from the COVID-19 economic recession. The unemployment rate has dropped by more than half. People are spending more money now than they did before…
Top Republican Raises Prospect of Congress Blocking COVID Vaccine Patent Waivers
Republicans fumed at President Joe Biden’s top trade negotiator on Wednesday for proposing waivers for patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines — a move that would make it easier for poorer…
McDonald’s “Wage Increase” Won’t Affect 95 Percent of Its Franchise Employees
McDonald’s announced on Thursday that it would be raising the wages for its restaurant workers. But the announcement comes with several caveats in the fine print. The fast food behemoth…
Trump Extradition Orders Could Be Blocked or Delayed by DeSantis
Officials in Palm Beach, Florida, are reportedly preparing for the possibility that an out-of-state extradition request for former President Donald Trump may be issued in the next year. But there’s…
The US Must Finally Acknowledge That Israel Is an Apartheid State
The Israeli military’s latest air strikes on Gaza have already killed 83 Palestinians, including 17 children, and now leaders of the Israel Defense Forces say they plan to approve plans…
Republicans Would Back a Stinkbug If It Made the Base Wave Their Flags
Sixteen minutes. That’s how long it took for House Republicans to broom Rep. Liz Cheney out of her leadership position. A pizza takes more time, but Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy…
GOP Wants Tax on Middle Class Instead of Rich for Infrastructure, Sanders Says
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) said on Wednesday that Republicans are “insistent” upon taxing the working class in order to pay for the upcoming infrastructure bill in lieu of raising taxes…
Palestinians Face Mob Attacks Inside Israel as Assault on Gaza Escalates
Image Credit: Twitter: @theIMEU Televised images of Israeli mobs attacking Palestinians have been widely denounced by Israeli media and public figures, but Palestinian writer Budour Hassan says the selective outrage…
Video Showing GA Congressman Lying About Jan 6 Events Goes Viral on Social Media
During hearings held in the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday regarding the January 6 breach of the United States Capitol, several Republicans gave conflicting testimony over what happened that day…
Honoring Mothers Must Include Environmental Justice and Raising Wages
One hundred and fifty years ago, in the bloody wake of the Civil War, the abolitionist Julia Ward Howe issued a “Mother’s Day Proclamation.” The world, she wrote, could no…
