Half of Senate Dems Help Pass $925 Billion Pentagon Bill

Jessica Corbett Common Dreams
“Congress continues to expand military spending while denying investments in the programs that will truly build a safer, healthier future for working- and middle-class families,” said Sen. Ed Markey, who voted no.

Why the Deck Is Stacked Against Workers Under Capitalism

Paul Heideman Jacobin
Workers must organize for power, while capitalists wield it individually through property rights. This fundamental asymmetry, creates a chain of obstacles that make working-class collective action uniquely difficult.

Proprietary

Randall Mann
Drawing on his experience in the technology sector, poet Randall Mann discloses how much he can't disclose.

Unleashing Retirement Scammers

Bryce Covert In These Times
The Trump administration may reopen a loophole that allows investment brokers to enrich themselves at clients’ expense.

The Boat Strikes Are Just the Beginning

Nancy A. Youssef, Gisela Salim-Peyer, and Jonathan Lemire The Atlantic
What the Trump administration is portraying as a drug mission may be about a lot more. Even as the Pentagon is being quiet about details of the operations, it is being vocal about the threat it is laying down.