Because most modern economies rely on fractional reserve banking, when primary dealers purchase government debt in the form of Treasury securities, they are able to increase their reserves and expand ...

Don't look for restraint from Donald Trump's military.

Aid blockades, looting, and deadly attacks push Gaza to the brink of humanitarian collapse, with over 60,000 starvation deaths reported. • UN warns Gaza’s humanitarian aid operation is on the verge of ...

• A Gallup poll reveals 62 percent of Americans believe the government should ensure healthcare coverage for all—the highest in over a decade. • Support for government responsibility in healthcare has ...

Gaza endures escalating humanitarian crisis as Israeli airstrikes devastate hospitals, refugee camps, and vital infrastructure. • Israeli attacks in Gaza killed 50 people in a single day, raising the ...

• Trump’s incoming administration promises to expand drilling, framing the Arctic Refuge as central to American energy dominance. • Indigenous groups and environmental advocates vow to fight to ...

The senator emphasized that unchecked defense spending comes at a direct cost to Americans struggling with economic insecurity. More than half a million people in the U.S. are homeless, and millions ...

This reaction brings to light a widespread and deep-seated contempt for health insurance companies, who are single-handedly responsible for hundreds of thousands of cases of premature death, ...

Included in the letter to William E. Hale of ExxonMobil’s public affairs department was a five-page summary of the global reach and diversity of the activities the corporation funded in 1998, “in ...

That chief exec — UnitedHealthcare’s 50-year-old Brian Thompson — died on a Manhattan sidewalk after a short hail of bullets. A suspect in the case, Luigi Mangione, has been charged in the shooting.

Student activists demand divestment and transparency from the University of Wisconsin, facing police crackdowns and administrative pushback. • Nearly 50 protesters disrupted a UW Board of Regents ...

The anti-government Republican spree has no end-game. The federal government provides the table at which programs vital to society can be negotiated, debated, and improved. To fold up the table is to ...