Several newly elected progressive activist congresscritters have been appointed to the Financial Services Committee, where they may be able to interfere with the banksters.

Republicans in the Senate will block them from actually passing laws, but they may be able to help replace those Republicans by championing good bills.

The UK has two different measures of inflation, and switches between them so as to raise prices and keep wages down.

The Disability Integration Act would require US states to offer disabled people benefits while they stay in ordinary housing, rather than requiring them to move to a nursing home.

Tulsi Gabbard, Kirsten Gillibrand and Kamala Harris, now seeking the Democratic nomination, have been only partly progressive.

Especially Gillibrand, who has offered her support to plutocrats.

Ebola keeps bubbling along in the DR Congo; medical teams have been unable to shut it down.