Banks Lobby Against Biden Proposal to Crack Down on Ultrawealthy “Tax Cheats”
The richest Americans avoid paying $600 billion a year in taxes, in part through lack of income reporting to the IRS that Biden is trying to change.
Politics
Josh Gottheimer’s Obstructionist Crew Raised Millions During Showdown With Nancy Pelosi
Wealthy donors rushed funds to conservative Democrats after they threatened to torpedo the Build Back Better plan.
Parents Reported to Child Services for Keeping Unvaccinated Kids Home
As remote learning options disappear, parents uncomfortable with their schools’ Covid-19 protocols risk being charged with neglect.
As Sen. Joe Manchin’s Star Rose in West Virginia, the FBI and IRS Probed His Closest Allies
Decades of federal investigations looked into Manchin’s inner circle and business associates.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Is the Dying Scream of the Corporate Democratic Party
Sinema’s subservience to big moneyed interests is a holdover from an era of politics that is fading noisily into the past.
Sen. Joe Manchin Has Been Fighting to Keep Billions in Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Industry
Manchin is knocking down every reconciliation effort to address the climate crisis. Next up is $121 billion in subsidies for fossil fuel companies.
AFL-CIO Leadership Tries to Block Affiliate’s Vote on Endorsing BDS
AFL-CIO leadership cited a procedural rule to tell the San Francisco Labor Council it couldn’t even debate a resolution on BDS.
Origins of Covid
EcoHealth Alliance Conducted Risky Experiments on MERS Virus in China
Documents released by the NIH contradict previous assertions by EcoHealth Alliance about its experiments on bat coronaviruses in Wuhan.
Voices
Defense Attorneys in Trial for Ahmaud Arbery's Murder Quiz Jury Pool on Racism
Given the racial Rorschach test that is the Arbery death, how do you find jurors who can lay aside their impressions of the case?
Biden Faces Deadline for Release of More JFK Assassination Papers
John F. Kennedy was assassinated 58 years ago, but the U.S. government has balked at the full release of some secret CIA documents.