The plan could take money from working single parents to subsidize married couples.

"Our Military Budget for the year 2027 should not be $1 Trillion Dollars, but rather $1.5 Trillion Dollars," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Jan. 7.

Whatever level of outrage there is over this example of Trump's corruption and conflict of interests, it's likely not enough.

What's needed are bold yet realistic policies that break cleanly from the corruption of the Trump years and the free-market fundamentalist era that preceded them. Righting the rules means an end to game-rigging by ruling elites and instead crafting rules that first and foremost protect the well-being of working people.

Hundreds of billions of dollars are flooding the AI industry. Economist Gerald Epstein says this bubble could burst.

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The Problem Money is a public good, but the infrastructure that moves it is fragmented and largely controlled by private intermediaries. Payment delays, transaction fees, and uneven access increase co...

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