We face potential unemployment on par with the Great Depression. We need a mass employment program to get through it. AI can pay for it. Businesses justify their huge investments in AI by committing ...

Troy Jackson, as a Democratic candidate for governor, speaks to reporters at a campaign event, June 5, 2026, in Bar Harbor, Maine. Credit: Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo Troy Jackson will be the ...

For nearly three decades, a cold war has raged through the halls of Congress and in high-end shellfish restaurants perched precariously on Washington, D.C.’s southern coast. The battle lines have ...

Donald Trump has found a way to soothe Democratic fears that Republicans in Congress will continue to savage the poor, funnel money to the rich, and make the nation safe for corporate dominion. He’s ...

The Justice Department is dropping its subpoenas of New York Times journalists. The episode may make it impossible to extend the government’s warrantless spying program.

In Whiting, Indiana, 800 workers have been locked out for four months, and they say the survival of their union is at stake. WHITING, Indiana – Elizabeth Piña has been at her union hall since 4 a.m., ...

At the end of June, crypto super PAC Fairshake had almost $127 million cash on hand, second among outside campaign groups only to the primary Republican PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund. The crypto ...

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson arrives to meet with reporters as he tries to advance the spending package at the Capitol in Washington on July 21, 2026. Credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo It says ...

If there’s a problem with the American economy, it’s only because some people have to work for a living. Income from investment—the primary source of income for roughly 1 percent of Americans—is ...