Biden, Oil Companies Clash Over Price-Gouging Allegations
WEBDec 8, 2021 · A driver fills up at a Shell station in San Francisco where gas was $5.85 per gallon on November 22, 2021. President Biden recently released 50 million barrels of oil from America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve. While this was the largest use of the reserve in history, it did not have a discernible effect on prices at the pump.
Reading Between the Rights - The American Prospect
WEBJun 9, 2011 · Reading Between the Rights. Nearly 50 years after Griswold v. Connecticut, conservatives think the Constitution protects your privacy. by Scott Lemieux. June 9, 2011. T his week marks the 46th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court reproductive-rights case Griswold v. Connecticut, in which the Court struck down Connecticut's ban on the ...
Who Is Eric Adams? - The American Prospect
WEBJul 9, 2021 · Expand. John Minchillo/AP Photo. New York Democratic mayoral primary winner Eric Adams attends a parade honoring essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, July 7, 2021, in New York. To begin with Adams himself, his decades of shape-shifting doubtless contributed both to his victory and to the difficulty in characterizing him …
The Progressive Caucus Wields Power - The American Prospect
WEBOct 1, 2021 · This is the 30th year of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), but in another sense, today is the first day. It’s the first day Washington has seen a coherent, organized coalition in Congress wielding power from the left. And it has the congressional leadership confused. In the past, whenever the Democratic leadership needed a vote on ...
How Education Secretary Nominee Miguel Cardona Works With …
WEBJan 4, 2021 · As president, Obama aligned himself with the pro–charter school PAC Democrats for Education Reform, which, as co-founder Whitney Tilson put it, was founded “to break the teacher unions’ stranglehold over the Democratic Party.”Obama tapped DFER’s top choice for education secretary—Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne …
The VA Is Becoming a Temp Agency for Private Hospitals
WEBJan 30, 2020 · The VA Mission Act of 2018 was sold as a panacea that would address the perceived ills of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Boosters claimed that, by offering veterans a permanent path to private-sector treatment through the VA Community Care Network (CCN), veterans would receive timely, high-quality care, which they …
Corporate Democrats Are Rural America’s Biggest Losers
WEBNov 9, 2020 · Even though candidates running as corporate Democrats are losing ground in the Corn Belt, Democrats can—and do—win rural Senate and House seats. In the top five rural states by percentage of population (Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, Mississippi, Montana), five of the ten senators are Democrats. In the House, Democrats win in many …
On Israel-Palestine, Biden Must Stop the Harm
WEBMay 10, 2021 · The least Biden can do is stop the harm to Palestinians, which in turn will also prevent harm to Israelis. Biden has said he will not accept unilateral actions by either side, but Israel continues to take unilateral steps, primarily through forced displacement, confiscation of property, home demolitions, unchecked settler violence, and Israeli ...
A $25 Minimum Wage for Caregivers - The American Prospect
WEBApr 2, 2021 · A $25 Minimum Wage for Caregivers. by Robert Kuttner. April 2, 2021. Expand. John Bazemore/AP Photo. Naomi Adams checks on residents after they received a COVID-19 vaccine at Monarch Villa memory care facility, January 11, 2021, in Stockbridge, Georgia. Among the more stunning things Biden has done is to expand the definition of …
Comment: Schlemiel, Schlimazel - The American Prospect
WEBDecember 19, 2001. One of my favorite hoary bits of Jewish humor explains the difference between a schlemiel (a fool) and a schlimazel (one prone to misfortune): A schlemiel is the traveler who spills his coffee on a fellow passenger. A schlimazel is the fellow he spills it on. Vice President Al Gore has to be the schlimazel of American politics.