While conservatives circulate spurious talking points about people not wanting to work, they are fighting tooth and nail against Democratic proposals that could save or create jobs
Sharon Zhang
Defense contractors receive a huge portion of the Pentagon’s budget — by some counts, more than half of the over $700 billion that is allocated to Defense each year
Climate advocates say that Biden has thus far been all talk on climate, without the policy proposals or pressure on Congress to show for it
Sanders will have to contend with some of the most stubborn conservatives in the Democratic caucus — Manchin, Sinema, and their more quiet allies
Included are proposals to support the “human infrastructure” in the country that were in Biden’s American Families Plan and which were cut out of the bipartisan agreement completely
Countries like Finland and South Korea have had similar results from guaranteed income programs, which freed up participants to pursue goals like starting a business or attending school
Biden pointed out that workers have shouldered disproportionate blame for businesses not being able to find workers
Over the past months, Sanders has been exercising a much stronger influence over the White House and Washington at large than he previously has
Climate advocates have expressed frustration for years that broadcast news as a whole largely ignores the climate crisis
Progressives in the House are aiming to get Bowman’s bill incorporated into Senate Democrats’ $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill,