The wealth explosion among the ultra-rich has led to soaring demand for luxury private jets and the infrastructure to serve them, including expanded private aircraft hangers and runway capacity at local and regional airports. Meanwhile, transnational corporations wanting to shield their top managers from interactions with the public are alsoContinue Reading
As world leaders prepare to head to New York for the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week, Democracy Now! speaks with Amitabh Behar, executive director of Oxfam International. “We live in a very different world from 1945,” when the U.N. was formed, says Behar. “You cannot continue with theContinue Reading
On Friday, a coalition of 15 civil-society and press-freedom organizations demanded that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) release renowned Miami-based journalist Luis Galeano. The letter’s signers include Free Press, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Freedom of the Press Foundation, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, PEN America, ReportersContinue Reading
Longtime Republican Bill Graves said he “can’t resist” the Democratic challenger., Read MoreContinue Reading
While the postal service isn’t moving forward on The Traitor’s order, there are still concerns about postmark delays that could have an impact on this year’s elections., Read MoreContinue Reading
“If we don’t connect those dots between the struggles, we’re never going to get anywhere,” says Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens. “That’s what music is for. … We have to make music with people from different backgrounds because then we have that conversation.” Giddens has had a wide-spanningContinue Reading
Fifteen years ago this week, thousands of activists marched on the Financial District in New York City. They formed the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park, launching a movement focused on economic inequality that spread across the nation and globe under the slogan, “We are the 99%.” Protesters wouldContinue Reading
The left wants AI regulation. They just can’t agree on what it should look like or how concerned they should be.Continue Reading
The podcaster disputed people’s perception of him in an eye-opening show., Read MoreContinue Reading
The “Last Word” host spotted “the worst possible thing you could know about a president in the middle of a war.”, Read MoreContinue Reading
Rep. María Elvira Salazar released an ad in which she criticized President Traitor 47’s aggressive immigration enforcement efforts, just months after he endorsed her re-election campaign…Continue Reading
Joe Concha offered his two cents on the congresswoman’s “interviews” — and critics gave him the rest of the dollar., Read MoreContinue Reading
“The GOP’s stables need a cleaning,” the Republican strategist wrote in a scorching Wall Street Journal editorial., Read MoreContinue Reading