Failed States and States of Failure
We have no idea what it means at this point in history to turn a region, city by city, country by country, into something like a vast failed state and then continue to bomb the rubble.
The Volcanic Core Fueling the 2016 Election
A paradox has arisen among people in the United States. Believe it or not, people are trying to make up their minds between voting for Sanders and Trump in the 2016 election.
The Great Potential of Poor Americans. And How Plutocrats Just Want Them to Go...
The homeless are feared by the upper classes, and they're often arrested for nonexistent or non-violent infractions, in good part because they are simply considered "offensive" to people of means.
Netanyahu Demands More Billions From America, Insults U.S. Envoy, Steals More Land
Netanyahu made the claim on the US taxpayer in the wake of his harsh words for the US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.
Zuckerberg’s Get-Away Car
The Facebook founder's “philanthropy” lets him stash his billions without paying taxes.
The Man Who Drowned Democracy With ‘Sewer Money’
Today we can thank Justice Kennedy, who was either poorly informed or willfully ignorant, for turning American democracy into a stinking open sewer.
A Tale of Two Grandmothers
Mary Anne Grady Flores was wearing a scarf on the day she went to prison—but not for protection from the snow.
We Need a Mass Movement Demanding Real Social Security and Medicare for All
Bernie Sanders is calling for enhanced Social Security benefits and expanding Medicare to cover all Americans. Now we need a independent mass people's movement to fight for the same thing.
Something Is Happening
Sanders' populist surge naturally intrigues a wide range of free-thinking, truth-seeking voters, but we are being warned by the Democratic hierarchy that the only way to ward off a Donald Trump-Ted Cruz presidency is to set aside our populist idealism this year and stick with Barack Obama-style.
Who Lost the White Working Class?
Nothing in politics is ever final. Democrats could still win back the white working class – putting together a coalition of the working class and poor, of whites, blacks, and Latinos.