Critics maintain that the legislation is too radical to be enacted into law. The climate science suggests it may not be radical enough.
The Democratic Party is mainly about big corporate donors who love capitalism, not its voter base, which prefers socialism.
The president is engaging in fearmongering over visions of the U.S. turning into Venezuela under a Democratic administration.
Ignore their lip service to democracy. American officials are determined to crush any possible alternative to their hegemonic rule.
Donald Trump's latest State of the Union address elides an inconvenient truth about how our economy actually functions.
In 1919, 35,000 shipyard workers brought a city to a standstill. Their protest holds lessons for teachers, Google employees and more.
Not only do these teachers see education as deeply political, they also see it as a form of organized resistance.
A chronicle of the rise of temporary work, from World War II to the present, shows how corporations maximize profit by dumping employees from payrolls.
The proposal has found support from progressives and conservatives alike. But spending more money can't solve capitalism's ills.
The acclaimed author and civil rights activist calls for an international movement to combat the rising tide of authoritarianism worldwide.
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