How to beat Trump
As the primary season goes on, and if there is no clear winner emerging, the voters are going to want to see the Democrats emerge as an organized group, and not a warring faction.
The time for a debate on gun control is now
The list of massacre sites will continue to grow, without end, until we have the debate and enact sensible gun control.
Grassroots Democracy-Building in Iowa
Democracy is never a given—it has to be won through constant struggle against the elites. But one coalition called Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement is uniting and empowering people to push back against big-money corporations.
Mueller’s final conclusions: A great day for America; or the unfolding of a nightmare...
The divisiveness that Trump had been planting in this country, spreading anger and hatred between various elements of our society, will come to an end and the healing process will begin.
Six Responses to Bernie Skeptics
Is Bernie Sanders too old? Would he beat Trump in a general election? Robert Reich discusses these issues and other concerns regarding Bernie Sanders for president.
Interest on the Debt Is Near a Post-War Low
It is also worth noting that we actually could buy back debt at a discount if interest rates rose.
A big day for Trump’s budget pick, Social Security – and millionaires
“We have a president who ran on a set of principles that he would not cut Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid, yet he is nominating someone whose views are very, very different.”
Why are Liberal Zionists cheering as Harris Echoes Biden on Gaza?
Key to Harris’ brief discussion of Gaza in her acceptance speech was the customary refusal in American political discourse to attribute the slaughter to the U.S. or its Israeli partner.
Radioactivity: The Women of Three Mile Island
It connects the proverbial dots of the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear plant disaster—doing so brilliantly.
Normalizing vigilantism? The American right’s reaction to the Rittenhouse verdict
“This might be interpreted across the far right as a type of permission slip to do this kind of thing or to seek out altercations in this way.”