Sanders Calls for Expanding Social Security Benefits by Taxing the Rich
Friday’s announcement by Senator Bernie Sanders was part of a Senate hearing on next week’s expansion of Social Security. This is in response to Republican false and repeated claims that the popular program is headed towards insolvency. While a report released Thursday by the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and […]
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Federal Grant May Help Pay for Razing of School Where Uvalde Shooting Took Place
Robb Elementary SchoolAccording to Don McLaughlin, Uvalde Mayor, the site of the May 24th shooting in which 19 children and two teachers were killed may be demolished with federal grant money. “I don’t think anybody’s plans are but to tear that building down,” McLaughlin said in a quote to NBC. “I would never ask, expect, […]
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US Approved Weapons Sale to Nigeria Months After It Bombed Civilians
The Biden administration will be in office this April approved the sale of 12 AH-1Z Attack Helicopters and other related military equipment to the Nigerian government for $997 million. U.S. officials claim the sale will support national security objectives by improving Nigeria’s ability to fight the extremist group Boko Haram. But sales of weapons like […]
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SNP failure is leading to Scotland raising less money but Scots paying more tax
Last week, the Scottish Government published their long-awaited Spending Review. It included their long-term spending plans and outlined their long-term goals. It is a bleak picture. It is both a damning indictment on past government failures and a stark warning for what lies ahead. Years of failed economic policies and low growth under SNP have […]
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Gov. DeSantis Launches Government-Wide Effort to Ban Child Sex Changes
The Florida Department of Health urged the state’s board of medicine to establish standards of care in accordance with guidance strongly advising against child sex treatments in a Thursday letter. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s General Surgeon, pointed out that there is not enough evidence to support the safety and efficacy claims. urged the Florida Board of Medicine to […]
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Attacks on Trans Rights and Abortion Rights Are “Bound Together”
Demonstrators march for abortion rights for ladies and trans individuals in Boston, Massachusetts, on Might 3, 2022. JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP by way of Getty Pictures “The individuals who need to hurt, subjugate and destroy us haven’t been deterred by warnings that their political imaginative and prescient is just too radical, and even inconceivable. We […]
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The House GOP Has a “Climate” Plan. It’s a Giveaway to the Fossil Fuel Industry.
In an apparent bid to win over midterm voters, House Republicans announced a climate and energy plan on Thursday that would accelerate expansion of the fossil fuel industry and other sources of pollution — and sets no reduction goals for climate-warming emissions. Republicans say their strategy would harness the power of “entrepreneurship” to promote cleaner […]
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Biden Plans to Visit Saudi Arabia in Push for Oil
Two and a half years removed from his campaign trail vow to make Saudi Arabia’s leaders “pay the price” for their role in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, U.S. President Joe Biden is reportedly planning to visit Riyadh in the coming days as part of the White House’s effort to shore up ties with […]
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85 Percent of Voters Want Congress to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment
50 years after the Equal Rights Amendment was first passed in Congress, a majority of likely voters want the provision aimed to guarantee equal rights for all genders into effect. Recent polling from Data for Progress finds85 percent of likely voter support Congress passing the ERA in order to give it a second chance to […]
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Fertilizer Shortage Will Drive Global Food Prices Higher as Ukraine War Drags On
As global inflation continues to grow, people across the country are finding it difficult to buy nutritious food. Low-income individuals already spend a significant amount of their income on groceries. The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that between April 2021, and April 2022 there will be a total of 1.2 million people. food prices increased […]
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