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All the talk of Social Security “going bankrupt” or becoming “insolvent” is just plain wrong. This is just scare talk designed to convince people that big cuts to the program are necessary and inevitable. It’s simply not true.

The global left discusses theory and strategy

Given the Russian government’s brutal repression of dissent, the level of Russian resistance to the Putin regime’s war on Ukraine is quite remarkable.

As the new chair of a powerful Senate committee, the reënergized progressive leader is once again targeting the corporate plutocracy.

No longer should a handful of billionaires be able to rig the rules to redirect resources from our communities to their country clubs, from our classrooms to their ballrooms, and from our public parks to their private jets.

Corner-cutting contractors sold buildings as safe that then collapsed. But just as culpable are officials who offered permits and lax controls

Florida's war on woke, and more nightmares from the Sunshine State

It’s not you, it’s capitalism.

‘Outraged’ Senator Ron Wyden urges agency to explain tactics from 2020 protests reminiscent of rogue behaviour from decades past

Freight rail companies are running their trains ragged to boost profits. Sometimes they crash.