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73 major corporations paid just 5.3% federal tax rate between 2018 and 2020
39 other companies paid no federal corporate tax during the three-year period, in which they collectively reaped over $120 billion in profits.
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Cuban Americans say Biden broke promise to lift Cuba sanctions, thaw relations
Amy Goodman speaks to Carlos Lazo, who just led a march from Miami to the White House with Puentes de Amor.
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The insurrection continues
Except for a handful of Republicans on their way to being drummed out of the party, the GOP is a fascist, totalitarian party. Purges are commonplace in these kinds of regimes.
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A pandemic of the paranoid
Why would anybody go unvaccinated in the United States today? In the U.S., the vaccine is now almost universally available.
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Meltdown in the heartland*
Reality has finally dealt the climate-denialist mindset a terminal blow but there are many nearly as dangerous forms of denialism alive all over the heartland.
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The United States intervenes in Cuba
Biden administration statements on the unrest in Cuba were notable for what they did not mention: the blockade and the 243 new measures imposed on the Island.
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‘Shameful’: Biden DHS chief says Haitian and Cuban refugees will be turned away
At a press conference Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said people who attempt to leave Cuba and Haiti via boat will be intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard and turned…
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Statement by President Biden on protests in Cuba
President Biden said, "We stand with the Cuban people..." without acknowledging the fact that the embargo and other measures are also responsible for the state of the people.
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Biden’s Cuba policy is stuck on Trump’s autopilot
While the domestic politics are tricky, Biden can at least start with issues that have an humanitarian impact.
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Our exceptionalism will save us, we think
The American empire is disintegrating before our very eyes. It’s imploding like that Surfside building that came down, at night, and without notice, because we believe that it can’t…
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