Friday, April 4, 2025

Thank You, Edward Snowden: An End to General Warrants as So-Called Patriot Act Expires

We've taken a few baby steps back toward democracy after the expiration of the misnamed “PATRIOT Act” gives restoration to Americans’ privacy. But if it wasn't for the revelations of Edward Snowden, we would have never known.

How activists can fight through doom and gloom to be more effective

When the biggest changes seem impossible, activists can still take important steps to empower themselves and build for long-term success.

How Joe Biden can help workers without Congress

Taken together, these three executive orders will improve the lives of millions of Americans. 

‘Fake news’ in America: Homegrown, and far from new

The corporate state created this monstrous propaganda machine and bequeathed it to Trump.

Unemployment falls to lowest level since 1969 as economy adds 134,000 jobs

In spite of the unusually low unemployment rate there is little evidence of wage acceleration.

America’s nuclear gamble: The dangerous push to resume atmospheric testing

Experts warn of catastrophic fallout as calls grow to restart nuclear weapons tests abandoned since 1963.

Does stirring Biden rhetoric impede the new, improved, fascist mania—or reform unjust systems?

Until Democrats wake up that their future and the country’s both depend on urgently slamming shut anti-democratic doors and empowering true majority rule, fine rhetoric falls flat.

Sharing is key to a new economic and democratic order

We are at the beginning of the Age of Sharing, but it will not be gifted to us.

In the Ukraine war, we can make oligarchs — everywhere — the big losers

Ending the tax-evading ways of Russia’s rich could be a giant step toward reining in oligarchy worldwide.