"Seems a lot easier and cheaper to make an emergency fund permanent rather than pay private lender fees."
If abuses of power go unchallenged, those who wield power will continue to consolidate it. It’s a vicious cycle that erodes faith in democracy and breeds cynicism.
"With their verdict, the jury rejected the vestige of Jim Crow and the assertion of white supremacy that was at the center of this case."
The ruling is a win for Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, who directed the state to pay for the legal fight against the voter-backed amendment.
The ruling is a win for Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, who directed the state to pay for the legal fight against the voter-backed amendment.
The move amplifies pressure on the Biden administration to "step back from the brink of a U.S.-Russia war, and then from the larger Cold War with China and Russia that they have so blindly and foolishly stumbled into."
New global agreements notwithstanding, the world remains woefully behind in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions at the rate necessary to prevent catastrophic climate-change scenarios. Businesses are increasingly embracing the green challenge, but they need policymakers to meet them halfway.
"Biden has pretty much picked up Trump's foreign policy... The worst case is the increasing provocative actions towards China."
For Palestine to be free, for the Palestinian people to achieve their full rights and for the Right of Return for Palestinian refugees to be honored, the story of Palestine has to be told by the Palestinians themselves.
Whatever the outcome of the budget fight, immigrant rights advocates will continue to pressure elected officials to make good on their campaign promises for a pathway to citizenship.
"NAFTA's legacy of granting multinational corporations special rights to sue governments taking action to protect the environment lives on."
As rich countries hoard doses and Big Pharma refuses to share the knowledge required to ramp up manufacturing, Cuba's public biotech sector could play a key role in defeating vaccine apartheid.
"Democrats' SALT tax giveaway is handing Republicans a potent political weapon to crush Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections."
Western elites blew it. And the world will now likely pay a very high price for these mistakes.
In North Carolina, progressive activists reach out to rural voters as an overlooked segment of the electorate.
We're a nonpartisan support group of fellow exonerated killers and accused criminals who prevailed against the “woke mob” of the liberal media, devious prosecutors, and hostile public once we had our day in court.
"Dollar Tree made $1,230,000,000 in profits this year, gave its CEO $10,767,883, and pays workers as little as $8.32 an hour."
"Insulin should not cost 10 times as much in the United States as it does in Canada," insisted Sen. Bernie Sanders. "Period."
"Today's announcement shows what is possible when saving lives and solidarity are prioritized above making billions of dollars in profit."
"We will not stand by and watch politicians play games with the education and well-being of our children."
