Friday, April 4, 2025

With His Opponent Stumbling Following His Big Michigan Win, Bernie Should Attack Hillary’s Integrity

With Clinton stumbling and after his big surprise win in Michigan, Sanders needs to now start playing hardball in his campaign, going after Clinton at her weakest point: her lack of trustworthiness and integrity, which voters are saying is their biggest concern.

Cameron Is Cornered

The Panama Papers exposed how the British prime minister benefited from his father’s stealth wealth.

An End To Impunity For Dictators – And Their Backers – Makes The World...

The U.S. should definitely reflect on, and learn from, these guilty verdicts.

2008 All Over Again

“Britain’s withdrawal from the eurozone will damage not only the international banking system, but hamper Washington’s aggressive policies toward Russia and the Ukraine.”

The Greatest Show on Earth

How Billions of Words, Tweets, Insults, and Polls Blot Out Reality in Campaign 2016

The Prison-Industrial Complex Takes Another Hit

Officials who built their careers on mass incarceration are now calling for this madness to end. Could this be a turning point for the prison-industrial complex?

Dishing out Poverty Wages on Capitol Hill

Lawmakers are shafting the underpaid workers who prepare their meals. Wages are less than $11 an hour, well below the very expensive cost of living in the Washington area.

The legacy of America’s first Wrestlemania president

Professional sports and professional wrestling tap into a primal level of tribalism that Trump has funneled into a form of nationalism.

Harvard and Jeffrey Epstein

“Once Epstein was convicted, Harvard should have cut him off from further communication with the [Faculty of Arts and Sciences]. He didn't deserve more.”

Air pollution, mental illness and COVID-19

The pandemic has given the natural environment a brief respite from human abuse; as countries ‘open up’, we have the chance to adopt a new responsible approach to living and not revert to old destructive ways.