“You need to understand that he actually believes it is illegal to criticize him,” wrote Sen. Chris Murphy. After failing to use the government’s might to bully Jimmy Kimmel off the air earlier this fall, President Donald Trump is once again threatening to bring the force of law down on comedians for the egregious crime of making fun of […]
“Inequality is a crisis in need of concerted action,” said Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. A panel of experts convened by South Africa’s president warned Tuesday that the world is facing an “inequality emergency” as the richest people on the planet capture a disproportionate share of new wealth and prepare to pass it down to their […]
Asked to provide evidence supporting her claim of voting fraud in California, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, “It’s just a fact.” President Donald Trump is drafting an executive order aimed at rolling back voting rights, a measure that may include attacks on mailed ballots, a top administration official said Tuesday. “The White House […]
“We’re not just in a low hire, low fire environment anymore,” said one economist. “We’re firing.” Several major US corporations in the last month have announced plans to cut thousands of workers as layoffs in the American economy have reached their highest level since 2020, when much of the global economy was shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic. […]