Jevin Hodge would like to be the next House member representing the area that today largely comprises Arizona House Congressional District Six. The district, as it is currently constituted, has been a target for Democratic strategists for the last two election cycles as demographics have changed, political attitudes have shifted, and the reputation of incumbent … Read more
The caption is a play on President Bill Clinton’s oft-quoted line “the era of big government is over.” People always forget that it was immediately followed by “but we cannot go back to the time when our citizens were left to fend for themselves. We must go forward as one America, one nation working together, to meet … Read more
On Thursday, the United States reached a grim milestone of 4 million coronavirus cases, doubling the total number of infections in just six weeks as deaths and hospitalizations continue a sharp rise in many states. The rolling seven-day average of infections has doubled in less than a month, reaching more than 66,000 new cases per day … Read more
President Trump cites massive tax cuts, his signature legislative achievement (sic), among wins that should dissuade voters from supporting his impeachment, and supporting his reelection. But several conservative economists now say the Trump tax law, which turns two years old Sunday, so far has fallen short of its central promise to spread prosperity broadly — just … Read more
Adding to the mountain of statistical evidence showing the severity of U.S. inequality, an analysis published last Friday found that the top one percent of Americans gained $21 trillion in wealth since 1989 while the bottom 50 percent lost $900 billion. Jake Johnson writes at Common Dreams, ‘Eye-Popping’: Analysis Shows Top 1% Gained $21 Trillion … Read more