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The reparations proposal in San Francisco.
Last week, a committee in San Francisco released a reparations proposal for the city that includes $5 million for each qualifying Black resident of t…
3 years, 1 month ago
More Biden classified documents.
Biden's classified documents. We first covered this story on January 12. Hours after we published that piece, Attorney General Merrick Garland appoin…
3 years, 1 month ago
A gas stove ban (or not).
Gas stoves. Last week, Richard Trumka Jr., a commissioner on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, said his agency was considering a ban on ga…
3 years, 1 month ago
The George Santos scandal.
Rep. George Santos (R-NY). In the November election, Santos flipped New York's 3rd District red, defeating Democrat Robert Zimmerman. But the newly e…
3 years, 1 month ago
The debt ceiling, explained.
The debt ceiling (or debt limit). During the recent debate over the next Speaker of the House, one of the key impending issues was the debt ceiling, …
3 years, 1 month ago
Biden's classified documents.
Today, we're covering the classified documents found at a Biden think tank, and the latest news about a batch of documents discovered in his Delaware…
3 years, 1 month ago
Biden's new border plan.
President Biden has announced a tougher stance on immigration at the border, saying the U.S. would begin turning away Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaragua…
3 years, 1 month ago
The $1.6 trillion omnibus bill.
Last month, Congress passed a $1.65 trillion government funding bill that provides record allocations for defense and sends more emergency aid to Ukr…
3 years, 2 months ago
Republicans pick Kevin McCarthy for Speaker.
McCarthy is finally in. On Saturday, the 57-year-old Republican representative Kevin McCarthy from California was elected Speaker of the House after …
3 years, 2 months ago
Reader Interview, Part V: Rick McPherson
Rick is a 61-year-old maintenance technician at a Steel Mill in Butler, Pennsylvania. He is married with four children aged 40 to 28 and three grandc…
3 years, 2 months ago