The right-wing “justices” seemed impervious to the economic plight of tens of millions with debilitating student debt. A right-wing majority of the Supreme Court is on the verge of denying student debt relief to more than 40 million borrowers. On February 28, the high court heard oral arguments in a pair of cases challenging President Joe Biden’s… Read more »
Tag: COVID-19
Biden’s Student Debt Relief Program Is Now in the Hands of the Supreme Court
More than 40 million lower-income people burdened with student loans are still waiting for clarity about how much they will owe and when their next payments will be due, as the Supreme Court decides if it will rule on whether to allow President Joe Biden’s student debt relief program to proceed. The loan forgiveness program,… Read more »
Trump Judge’s Anti-Mask Ruling Continues to Imperil Travelers as COVID Rises
New COVID-19 infections are once again on the rise across the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). COVID deaths in the U.S. have now reached the 1 million mark, a figure widely regarded as an undercount. The steady increase in COVID cases underscores the perilous wrongheadedness of the recent decision by Kathryn… Read more »
Conservatives on Supreme Court Poised to Block Biden’s Vaccine and Mask Mandates
Despite the fact that we are in the midst of an unprecedented and deadly pandemic with no signs of abating, the right-wing majority on the Supreme Court appears unlikely to stop the carnage. The reactionary “justices” seem more inclined to shield corporate profits and red states’ rights than to protect the health and safety of… Read more »
Trump Administration Is Paying Big Pharma Billions in Rush for Vaccine
Desperate to distract the national discourse from his criminal mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic, Donald Trump is promising that a vaccine will be available before Election Day. His vaccine campaign is named “Operation Warp Speed” and there is a real danger that its speed will warp the results. Ironically, the Trump administration is comparing this effort… Read more »
If Trump Tries to Hijack the Election, We Must Be Ready to Resist
For nearly four years, we have been laser focused on November 3, 2020, the day that Donald Trump could be voted out of office. In all likelihood, however, the election will not be decided that evening as it has in the past (with the notable exception of the 2000 election). That is because in order to… Read more »