The U.S. Forest Service is already underfunded and understaffed. Slashing its resources further is likely to unleash more severe wildfires.
Revolving Door Project
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
We Already Run the Post Office Like a Business
The U.S. Postal Service loses money because of stifling rules and a mandate to serve the entire country. Privatization would only raise costs and reduce service.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The VA’s Self-Made Dialysis Disaster
The agency has been getting played for years, but is reluctant to change.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats Allow More IRS Funding to Fade Away
Concessions from the 2023 debt ceiling fight continue to haunt Democrats, and tax cheats could enjoy hundreds of billions in savings.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Abundance Agenda: Neoliberalism’s Rebrand
The new centrist push to regain control of the Democratic Party, with corporate money
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Department of Government Efficiency Is Inefficient
Elon Musk evinces no understanding of how government works.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Climate Crisis Is a Cost-of-Living Crisis
The right’s climate denial means higher prices.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Does Kamala Harris Agree With Donald Trump About White House Nepotism?
Until 2017, presidents hiring close family members as staff was illegal.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Big Fiscal or Big Business
If Harris wins, her chief of staff selection will determine whether she maintains a united front, or sides with corporate interests.
Posted inPolitics
Progressives Must Act Now to Shape Kamala Harris’s White House
Now is the time for progressives to weigh in on jobs that don’t require Senate confirmation.