Tuesday, April 15, 2025

How the President Can Curb Big Pharma Greed

Rep. Pocan’s letter urges President Obama to “use executive action and take concrete steps” to address the drug cost crisis, and lists three tools that the president can use.

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda

Maybe if we stopped claiming that we were the greatest, most exceptional, most indispensable nation ever and that the U.S. military was the finest fighting force in the history of the world, both we and the world might be better off and modestly more peaceful.

Debate: Sanders Rejects Intervention While Clinton Slams Iran and Putin and Supports Syrian Rebels...

While foreign policy was a big issue discussed during the Democratic National Debate, Bernie Sanders' and Hillary Clinton's stances couldn't be more different. Here's their views when it comes to Iran, Putin and supporters of Syrian Rebels.

How America Invites Terrorism

Maybe it's time we inform our soldiers of their likely roles in the killing machine, because war does not bring freedom. Instead, it invites young men and women to start on their own personal worlds of terror.

Wind Power Rapidly Bringing Clean Electricity to Masses in the Global South

A wind-powered plant in Lake Turkana will likely deliver 310 megawatts of electricity to the national grid in Kenya, Africa and increase the country's electricity production by a fifth. Wind power is expanding at the same speed as solar power.

Report card: Six months into Biden’s presidency

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

Panama Papers Expose Another Way Our Trade Agreements Fail Us

Harmonizing international tax law and prohibiting anonymous shell corporations should be at the center of our trade negotiations.

Hillary Clinton, Paul Ryan, and the Crisis of American Capitalism

In all respects, the American political economy has become radically imbalanced.

The case for impeaching the 45th president

This unprecedented state of affairs calls for unprecedented action, namely the conviction and formal removal of the 45th president who refuses to concede that he is no longer president.

Climate terrorism: The politically farsighted way to impeach Trump

In short, there are potent Constitutional grounds to impeach Trump for climate terrorism, and doing so would forcefully deter any Republican “rightist revolutionary” from pursuing similar ecocidal policies.