Bob Dylan and the Ukraine crisis
In recent days, media coverage of a possible summit between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin has taken on almost wistful qualities, as though the horsemen of the apocalypse are already out of the barn.
‘To protect our democracy,’ Tuesday night rallies planned in all 50 states to demand...
"It's on us, the people, to protect our democracy. Congress will only act if we the people demand it."
A U.S. Government Hooked on, Obsessed with, Perpetual War
“War is so deeply embedded in the psyche of this government that extracting it would take a minor miracle.”
The Top Nine Developments that Defined the Struggle between Democracy and Plutocracy in 2015
“Just as democracy and peace are mutually reinforcing, perpetual war and perpetual corruption are mutually reinforcing. The concentrated power involved in conducting war corrupts; corruption undermines democracy, the surest way to peace.”
Rahm Emanuel: Symbol of a Sick America
It's people like Rahm Emanuel, the privatizer of Chicago and "strikingly corrupt mayor," who snubs the needs of average people and manifest a persistent inequality that plagues America. This is just part of a sick America.
The public is clueless about the federal budget and it’s the New York Times’...
We should be able to get reporters to do their jobs and report budget numbers in a way that means something to their audience.
Turing Executive Fired After Questioning 5,500% Drug Price Hike
Former vice president and top lawyer for Turing Pharmaceuticals, Howard Dorfman was fired after he questioned Martin Shkreli's 5500% price increase.
Make America ungovernable
Now is the time to shut down the systems of power. Now is the time to resist.
They Knew: Michigan Officials Started Giving Clean Water to State Employees A Year Ago
State employees Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budgets were notified of Flint's water not being up to federal standards and were provided with clean water a year before residents of the city.
US-backed roll of the dice leaves Ukraine in worse crisis
The U.S. decision to reject peace negotiations and prolong the war have led to a brutal war of attrition that is gradually destroying Ukraine.