Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Can Bernie Save America?

Sanders has seized the chance to change the way we think about what is possible in this country.

Why Superdelegates Who Will Choose the Nominee Should Vote Bernie

The fate of our country lies with those who have not yet voted, with those who remain politically active, and with the superdelegates.

America’s 21st Century Government: The Worst In This Country’s History?

“This 21st Century U.S. government’s achievements are virtually non-existent while its failures are monumental. That’s why I believe that historians of the future will conclude that it is the worst in American history.”

Crime Can Pay if It’s Big Enough

For banksters like Goldman Sachs, federal criminal settlements are just a cost of doing business.

KKK ‘Imperial Wizard’ Endorses Trump, Won’t Vote for Cruz Because He Was ‘Born In...

The so-called Imperial Wizard stated “I think Donald Trump would be best for the job,” adding that “the reason a lot of Klan members like Donald Trump is because a lot of what he believes in, we believe in. We want our country to be safe.”

Kenya Burns 106 Tons Of Ivory

“A time has come when we must take a stand and the stand is clear…Kenya is making a statement that for us ivory is worthless unless it is on our elephants,” Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s current president said.

This is What Will Happen at the Democratic Convention

And finally, things are going to become very, very interesting when the super-delegates and the DNC are forced to choose, publicly, whether to hand the nomination to Clinton and watch the millions of independents walk away, along with millions of former-democrat Sanders-supporters, basically handing the general election to the neo-fascists Trump or Cruz — or, to hand it to Sanders.

No Refuge: Unless Solutions are Found, the Global Refugee Problem Will Only Get Worse

It is human nature to react to crises in the moment rather than look for long term solutions but there is no doubt that the current system of housing people in tent cities, detention centers or demanding that they return home is both cruel and unsustainable.

Hungry and Frightened: Famine in Ethiopia 2016

Food, like water, shelter, access to education and health-care is a human right, and is enshrined as such in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Like all natural resources it should be shared equitably amongst the people of the world.

House Republicans Fight to Cut Important School Lunch Programs

Lunch programs as they are now already receive meager funding. The $13 billion allocated to them is only 2% of our national defense budget.