Voices for Change

Likely, down the line the US will get pulled right back into Iraq, because it refuses to recognize the real power dynamics there at the level of policy rather than just of tactics.

Was Pope Francis’ call to host refugees a slam against the anti-immigrant right wing? Many American Christian leaders aren't too keen when it comes to the issue of Syrian refugees being accepted by the U.S.

Despite a generally abysmal human rights record, North Korea has shown improvement in one specific area: disability rights.

As a developer, Trump made millions and left his partners with the debt. His tax plan is no different.

As our institutions bend and buckle and approach the breaking point, the president bombs Syria and is hailed by an obeisant media.

If we continue in the selfish, greedy, divisive ways of the past, the weather patterns will become more extreme and unpredictable, the air and waterways will become more toxic, loss of life will increase and the associated environmental ills will deepen.

Until reactionary Republican malfeasance is exposed and discredited, the USA will remain the most divided, globally dangerous and morally backward of affluent western nations.

The most dangerous thing about rightwing populism or ‘National Conservatism’ is that the plutocrats that fund it and have become its standard bearers pretend that they have the interests of working people at heart.

We can’t depend on the Congressional Progressive Caucus to provide the kind of leadership we need. It must come from the grassroots.

For a guy who yells about Washington and Wall Street money in politics, Donald Trump sure has a lot on insiders on his team.