Commentary, October 8, 2020 President Trump says he’s running for a second term to defeat socialism, even though he doesn’t have a socialist opponent. Back when he was holding political rallies, Trump could get an ego-boosting roar from the crowd just by claiming, “This election will decide whether we save the American dream or whether […]
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Why Not? The Billionaire Banking Lobby Blocked This Idea, But It Could Prevail by Lisa Graves One of the boldest ideas for helping the Postal Service thrive and meet the needs of the American people is Postal banking. Elizabeth Warren called for it. Andrew Yang endorsed it, too. Even billionaire Michael Bloomberg stumped for it. […]
Commentary by Jeremy Mohler This week, we’re talking with Christine Wen. She’s planning/fiscal policy coordinator of Good Jobs First, a national think tank that studies state and local job subsidies, including corporate tax breaks. She’s one of the authors of Good Job First’s new study, Abating Our Future: How Students Pay for Corporate Tax Breaks. […]
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Commentary by Carolyn Raffensperger On June 9th TC Energy formerly known as TransCanada ended the diabolical Keystone XL tar sands pipeline with these words. “TC Energy Corporation…confirmed today that after a comprehensive review of its options, and in consultation with its partner, the Government of Alberta, it has terminated the Keystone XL Pipeline Project (the […]
Commentary by Carolyn Raffensperger Climate change has altered our sense of time, much the way the astronauts’ glimpse of our beautiful, blue planet changed how we saw space. The future looms large. And to many, frightening. Thousands, if not millions, of people are racing against time to salvage enough so we have a livable future. […]
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5.13.21 Lisa Graves On April 26, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could unmoor decades of transparency laws, even as dark money spending by special interests continues to rise. The court’s new majority is being asked by billionaire Charles Koch’s nonprofits to expand on the notion […]