Less than a month after the passage of the revolutionary covid-19 relief bill, the Biden White House has already begun pitching its next big plan for America: infrastructure. The proposed $2.2 trillion mega-package provides...
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As someone who voted for Bernie in the primaries and viewed Biden as the corporate, neoliberal pick for president, I must admit that Biden has far exceeded my expectations in his first two months in office. This, of course...
After a marathon Senate session full of gut-wrenching twists and turns, the Senate has finally passed Biden’s enormous America Rescue Plan with many of its original proposals well intact. Given its $1.9 trillion price...
It is no secret that America has been violently sliding towards authoritarianism since the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidential term. For the past four years, Trump’s rhetoric has consisted almost entirely of lies and...
The minimum wage has been the subject of some of the most polarizing political and economic debates in the past century. It was once universally accepted that an increase in wages would unambiguously raise unemployment, but new...
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a devastating economic recession that has forced unprecedented levels of fiscal and monetary policy. Economists are beginning to rethink the economy in ways that could revolutionize the field...
With the votes finally counted in the days-long 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden has emerged victorious in both the popular and the electoral vote with a comfortable margin. The “Trumpists” unfounded accusations of...