The existential threat from the non-stop barrage of right-wing sedition
Long term democratic states are, by any known measure, the great exceptions, not the historic rule.
A Perfect Portrait of Corporate Crime
Martin Winterkorn, VW’s disgraced CEO, was forced to resign after the auto maker's eco-friendly diesel cars actually polluted the air more than allowed by law. Finally, a CEO must pay the consequences for betraying consumers and the environment?
The Wages of Sin
Huge segments of working-class whites—victims paying for the sins of American empire—are desperately seeking to halt change and re-create a mythical past. This is always the last, desperate gasp of a dying culture.
Why so many journalists are clueless about the Bernie 2020 Campaign
The elite-oriented atmosphere of media aversion to Sanders is in sync with media disregard for the power of community-based activism that could result in a Sanders presidency.
The U.S. Is Downright Weird When It Comes to Firearms
Do hunters really need semi-automatic AR-15 assault weapons? Is that how they roll in deer season? The US public doesn’t think so.
We need to make government bigger (it’s not what you think)
Put simply: The House of Representatives does not have enough members to adequately represent all 334 million of us.
How you can stop Trump’s lie machine
We’re not going to get Trump to stop lying but we can at least limit his ability to amplify those lies.
How Trump’s attempted coup could still succeed
Their point is to cast further doubt on its legitimacy and justify additional state measures to suppress votes and alter future elections.
Merkley Senate bill would abolish ‘undemocratic’ electoral college
"The idea of democracy is simple and obvious even to young kids on a playground—whoever gets the most votes should win."
Why was the Brexit Vote so Shocking to Global Elites?
The obtuse, self-absorbed Tony Blairs of our world still don't get it.