Congress Could Get Millions of People Off of SNAP by Raising the Minimum Wage, but It Hasn’t — for 16 Years
1 in 8 people rely on federal food aid that has become a pawn in the government shutdown.
Dick Cheney’s Expansive Vision of Presidential Power Lives On in Trump’s Agenda
Cheney thought that Congress went too far after Watergate in reining in the presidency. Now Trump and the Supreme Court are embracing Cheney’s views on executive power.
It’s Open Season on Public Sector Workers
Seven hundred and thirty thousand public sector employees are working without pay while another 670,000 have been furloughed. Working people of all shades, shapes, and sizes are suffering collateral damage.
Zohran Mamdani Wins Decisive Victory in NYC, Triumphing Over Billionaire Onslaught
Mamdani’s win is a historic victory for the left over a powerful, moneyed coalition of forces that aimed to defeat him.
Chris Hedges: Trump’s Greatest Ally is The Democratic Party
The Democratic Party and its liberal allies refuse to call for mass mobilization and strikes — the only tools that can thwart Trump’s emergent authoritarianism — fearing they too will…
Patrick Lawrence: Zohran Mamdani and His (Our) Enemies
What makes this election especially interesting to me, my years in Manhattan long over, are the still-larger questions a runaway victory for Mamdani would raise.
Zohran Mamdani’s Historic Run Will Also Help Free Jews, and U.S. Politics, From Zionism
Zohran Mamdani’s historic campaign for New York mayor marks a significant moment for Jewish identity as more Jews distance themselves from Zionism. This will be a fierce generational fight with…
Ralph Nader: GOP Leadership Surrenders Congressional Powers
Mr. Trump has articulated no limiting principle that would preclude assassinating political opponents, active or retired, including Members of Congress.
Rural America Deserves Dependable Broadband, Not More Billionaire Handouts
The Trump administration’s new rules for broadband funds favor giveaways to Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk over reliable internet for rural communities.
Strategic Incompetence in the Age of Trump
Trump Is Bad at Running the Country.
Trump CFPB Moves to Bar States From Wiping Medical Debt Off Credit Reports
One consumer advocate said the effort adds “salt to the wound” as tens of millions of people face healthcare premium spikes that are likely to worsen the nation’s medical debt…
Bannon Says Trump Will Run for an Illegal 3rd Term Because ‘He’s a Vehicle of Divine Providence’
Journalist Mehdi Hasan said Trump and his allies “plan to overturn the Constitution and democracy. They’re not hiding it. They’re bragging about it.”
‘No Kings’ & the Lure of Spectacle
The anti-Trump demonstration was a classic astroturf operation organized by Democratic Party operatives, writes Margaret Kimberley. Real political action is different.
Anti-Union, Pro-Israel Billionaires Are Behind Tim Walberg and His Show Trials
Rep. Tim Walberg’s weaponization of antisemitism neatly fulfills his donors’ agenda against unions and public education.
The Corporate Democrats Delivered Donald Trump
Addressing the root of economic systems that oppress Americans is exactly what the Democratic Party leadership, dependent on big corporate donors, has rigorously refused to do. If they continue this…