Interim Bolivian Government Taps the Same Lobby Firm Hired to Sell the Coup in Honduras
The crisis in Bolivia mirrors the 2009 coup in Honduras in many ways. The interim Áñez government has even retained the the same D.C. consultants.
Politics
Joe Biden Lied About His Record on Social Security
Joe Biden’s 2020 policy adviser was also his right-hand man on cutting Social Security in the Obama administration.
California’s New Gig Economy Law Is Strengthening a Stripper-Led Labor Movement
The controversial law reclassifying contractors as employees is also causing retaliation from club owners.
Pete Buttigieg Skipped South Bend Meetings on Police Oversight to Attend Campaign Fundraisers Across the Country
Buttigieg said those meetings, which were established after a controversial police shooting, were meant to empower residents. He attended only one of eight.
Voices
How the Transformative Power of Solidarity Will Beat Trump
The message of the Sanders campaign increasingly sounds less like conventional electoral campaigning and more like old-school political organizing.
Lawmakers Speak Out in Support of Glenn Greenwald, Press Freedom
Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle, citing concerns over press freedom, denounced the new criminal complaint against Greenwald.
The Sanders Campaign Researched Whether Warren Could Be Both Vice President and Treasury Secretary at Once
The answer is yes, which could be unsettling news on Wall Street.
Oakland’s Moms 4 Housing Were Evicted by a Giant Corporation That Runs National Home-Flipping Operation
For every homeless person in Oakland, there are four empty homes. Many are owned by a subsidiary of home-flipping giant Wedgewood Properties.
A Campaign Finance Rule Makes Life Much Harder for Working-Class Challengers
The FEC allows candidates to draw salaries from campaign contributions, but they cannot do so until the filing deadline for entering the primary has passed.
Targeting Iran
Key Architect of 2003 Iraq War Is Now a Key Architect of Trump Iran Policy
The continued self-confidence of neocons like David Wurmser is odd given how all their beliefs were proven disastrously wrong in Iraq.