Thursday, November 28, 2024

Why the Rich Don’t Care About Jobs for the Rest of Us

The rich don't care about creating jobs. If they did, they would invest in the American infrastructure to help create millions of jobs as a result. So what really goes on in a billionaire's brain?

Report card: Six months into Biden’s presidency

It’s not clear—will Biden get America back to where it was before Trump?

The poison of Nationalism

Rooted in fear, it feeds on tribal instincts and has become mainstream by offering oversimplified explanations to complex problems, such as poverty and immigration.

50 years later, a speech by King has lessons for a president

Difficult work remains for those in whom Martin Luther King Jr. had the most hope: the people, organizing grass-roots power for peace.

Odysseus – how the world’s master of contrivance dresses down today’s creepy, lying losers

Homer shows what civilization is all about, beginning with the distinction between predatory mendacity vs. mutually-supportive, truth-based partnerships.

Takeaways from the election

Trump is in the White House, but the takeaway from voters in this election is a mandate for progressive economic populism and more diversity among public officials.

How to respond to EPA chief Scott Pruitt’s lie about carbon dioxide and climate

Don’t argue with Pruitt or his Koch Brother-funded cousins. Close down the coal plants. End coal.

How nations could end Israeli genocide: Stop the weapons; stop the oil; stop the...

The truth is the collective power of the world—or even a sliver of the world—could stop the slaughter tomorrow.

Hill Republicans: Trump is fritzing out

"He’s losing it fast. My betting is he’s out of office before the midterms. And Pence is president."

Non-Candidates for President

Corporations and billionaires are able to fund their favorite presidential hopeful campaigns in order to have their candidate repeatedly exposed to the U.S. people. The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision has resulted in this unfair way of campaigning.