Economy

Kamala Harris, Who Just Clarified Her Rejection of Real Medicare for All, to Snub Climate Forum in Favor of Big Donors

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), a 2020 presidential candidate, speaks during a news conference with fellow Democrats at the U.S. Capitol October 25, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

Behavior of Australia's Prime Minister at Pacific Islands Forum Makes Clear Climate Crisis Not A Priority

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

"Watered-down climate language has real consequences—like water-logged homes, schools, communities, and ancestral burial grounds."

Bernie Sanders Leads 2020 Democratic Field Among College Students: Poll

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"We are going to build a nationwide movement of young people to create a...

Trump Administration Advances Massive Arms Sale to Taiwan Amid Tensions With Beijing

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Two F-16 Fighting Falcon launch flares during an annual drill at a Air Base in Taitung City, southeast Taiwan on January 30, 2018.

The new potential sale reportedly includes dozens of F-16 fighter jets

Sanders Says If Israel Wants to Ban Members of Congress, It Should Not Receive Billions in US Military Aid

#TrumpRecession Trends as President Blamed for Rising Fears of Another Economic Meltdown

'Strongest Recession Signal Yet': Alarm Bells Sound as Key Indicator That Predicted Last Wall Street Crash Goes Negative

"We Won't Back Down": Over 50 Catering Workers Arrested at American Airlines HQ in Protest Against Poverty Wages

Humanity's Destruction of Oceans Nearly Doubled Over a Decade, Scientists Warn, and Could Double Again Without Urgent Action

Farmers Hit Back as USDA Chief Sonny Perdue Mocks Those Harmed by Trump Trade War as 'Whiners'

While Poorest Scapegoated, Analysis of 25 World's Wealthiest Families a Reminder of Inequality's Economic Drain

Sanders Demands Drug and Insurance Industries Explain the Hundreds of Millions They Seem Willing to Spend to Defeat Medicare for All

'What Oligarchy Looks Like': Sanders Leads 140 Lawmakers in Condemning Trump Plan to Rip Food Stamps From 3 Million Americans

Bolstering Call to Expand Social Security, New Reporting Reveals How Corporations Are Offloading Pensions

Condemning 'Grossly Irresponsible' Inaction of World Powers, Fiji Unveils Ambitious Plan to Fight Climate Crisis

Trump's Rollback of Fuel Economy Standards Could Cost Americans $460 Billion: Consumer Reports

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One Nation United By Hygge: Weary Americans Welcome Their Enlightened New Danish Owners

Okay so maybe little Donnie can't buy Greenland, his latest shiny object, after pols said it's “open for business, but not for sale.” Still, Twitter had a riotous time: Cue golf course, gold leaf, Mexico, flipping it to Norway jokes, an offer from one PRINCE KIELSEN of "Greenland" in exchange for a money order of $600,000,000, and the verdict " our president is an enormous drooling git. " And help is on the way - Denmark wants to buy us. The consensus across America: Thank God.