A multi-millionaire politician funded by corporate coal interests has the power to push my four-year-old little boy and me off the economic cliff at the end of this month.
Opposition to Build Back Better Act provisions that would benefit polluters comes amid reporting that Senate Democrats plan to delay a vote on the package until 2022.
"Sen. Warren knows what needs to be done. It's time for everyone to recognize that we can have a functioning democracy or we can have the current extremist-dominated court, but we can't have both."
"If Democrats are trying to lock themselves out of power for decades, this surrender to the preferences of one corrupt senator is an excellent first step."
As corporations blow record sums repurchasing their stock to inflate CEO pay, Congress is advancing a tax aimed at curbing this harmful practice.
"Don't tell me we can't afford to fight poverty, cancel student debt, pass paid leave, and defeat the climate crisis," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal after senators approved the $786 billion military spending bill.
"Allowing Pfizer and Moderna total control over mRNA production and allocation has been disastrous for global vaccine access," a health justice coalition told the Biden administration.
"Letting the child tax credit disappear, making people pay back student loans, mocking the idea of at-home Covid tests, and now defending members of Congress trading stocks. It's getting harder and harder to convince me the Democrats want to win," said one critic.
"Put the bill on the floor and make him explain that he voted it down because he wanted to cut all of the money for families with children," suggested one progressive commentator.
Specifically bigoted behavior by Rep. Lauren Boebert goes unpunished as Democrats approve a bill to address anti-Muslim sentiment globally.
"We propose that half of the resources freed up by this agreement are allocated to a global fund, under U.N. supervision, to address humanity’s grave common problems: pandemics, climate change, and extreme poverty."
At the level of national policy, nuclear derangement is so normalized that few give it a second thought. Yet normal does not mean sane.
"While EPA fiddles, grave harm to bees and other pollinators continues," said one advocacy group.
"Emergence of the Omicron variant has provided a cruel reminder that the world does not have the time to wait."
"Plants and wildlife are going extinct at an unprecedented rate, and it's way past time for our elected leaders to take bold action to protect our planet and all its inhabitants."
"There is no dearth of able companies in low and middle-income countries to manufacture mRNA vaccines. It's time now for Big Pharma to stop using this as a lame excuse and start sharing the tech."
"This makes no sense. Instead of raising taxes on the ultra-rich, we are going to make students in debt pay to raise revenue. Awful on the substance and awful politics."
The reality captured by the World Inequality Report 2022 reflects human choices, which means that it can be changed by making other choices. That is why the report is not just a valuable compendium of useful data and analysis but also a guide to action.
The disrespect for teachers has been a fact of our society for decades.
The Supreme Court has been captured by the Republican Party, and it’s moving hard to the right at a dangerously increasing pace.
The US has become a country of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich and we remain in the throes of a struggle to overcome decades of political corruption and social neglect.
New report urges Senate to include expansion of the Child Tax Credit, universal child care assistance, and expanded housing assistance in the pending Build Back Better legislation.
"If Congress does not act, onerous and discriminatory voting restrictions will silence millions of Americans."
"But justice is coming and it's coming soon. Our movement will force this administration to make a choice: the people or fossil fuels."
"Now, to protect voting rights and prevent undemocratic chaos from reigning in 2022, all the Senate needs to do is pass the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Act the same way."
