Politics
Ultra-rich benefit from big tax cut hidden in coronavirus stimulus law
April 17, 2020Adding together corporate tax breaks in the legislation, the Joint Committee on Taxation says they will cost the Treasury $195 billion over a decade, most of it this calendar year and next.
Read morePelosi: Trump inaction on pandemic produced “unnecessary deaths and economic disaster”
April 16, 2020The future will be healthy and prosperous “only if we no longer tolerate lies and deceit."
Read moreSanders-sponsored forum advocates new worker-centered economy after COVID-19
April 16, 2020Thanks to the calamity caused by the coronavirus, people now understand they’re getting the crumbs—and that they have the power to change that.
Read moreAt height of pandemic, Trump halts funds for WHO
April 15, 2020Trump accused the global health agency of making precisely the mistakes and missteps that his own administration has actually committed.
Read moreGOP digs in against more economic aid for people, hospitals, states
April 13, 2020Republicans also sabotage congressional oversight by refusing to name GOP members to mandated panel.
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