The federal government loses $600 billion each year because wealthy Americans avoid paying taxes. The top 1 percent of Americans “choose not to pay” more than $160 billion a year in taxes, according to an analysis last month from the… Read More ›
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Parents Reported to Child Services for Keeping Unvaccinated Kids Home
Kavitha Kasargod-Staub was looking forward to sending her two kids back to elementary school this fall. After a year of remote learning in Washington, D.C., her kids spent the summer attending day camp. “I’m certainly not in the group of… Read More ›
The Psychological Tolls and Moral Hazards of Drone Warfare
On what would be the last day of his life, Zemari Ahmadi, an employee of a U.S.-based NGO, was being watched by a remote crew piloting a Predator drone above the skies of Kabul, Afghanistan. As Ahmadi went about his… Read More ›
As Sen. Joe Manchin’s Star Rose in West Virginia, the FBI and IRS Probed His Closest Allies
In June 2010, the body of Sen. Robert Byrd lay in repose on the floor of the U.S. Senate, offering his colleagues a final opportunity to pay their respects. For years, Byrd had lorded over West Virginia politics, and he… Read More ›
Ro Khanna on Reconciliation
As the negotiations over President Joe Biden’s sweeping budget reconciliation bill drag on, Democrats are struggling to find a set of compromises that will satisfy congressional progressives while still securing the votes of intransigent senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten… Read More ›
Palestinian Rights Groups That Document Israeli Abuses Labeled "Terrorists" by Israel
An order signed by Israel’s defense minister on Friday designated six leading Palestinian human rights groups “terror organizations,” marking an escalation in Israel’s effort to deprive independent agencies that document Israeli military abuses in the occupied territories of funding from… Read More ›
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Is the Dying Scream of the Corporate Democratic Party
Kyrsten Sinema might be on the young side for a senator — less than half the age of some of her colleagues — but she represents the Democratic Party’s past. Think of her and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., as the… Read More ›
AFL-CIO Leadership Tries to Block Affiliate’s Vote on Endorsing BDS
The national leadership of the largest labor federation in the country is trying to stop one of its affiliates from debating and voting on a resolution that condemns Israeli violence against Palestinians, calls for an end to U.S. aid to… Read More ›
The Kingdom's Intelligence Apparatus Fuels a Crackdown on Dissent
RABAT, MOROCCO — In February 2020, Moroccan human rights activist Fouad Abdelmoumni received some bone-chilling news: He and his partner had been filmed having sex inside their own home, and videos of their intimate moments were circulating on WhatsApp. Friends… Read More ›
Biden Faces Deadline for Release of More JFK Assassination Papers
President Joe Biden will soon decide an obscure but potent question: Which secret files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy should be made fully public? When President Donald Trump faced the same decision four years ago, he… Read More ›