Friday, June 12, 2026

Monetary policy takes center stage: MMT, QE or public banks?

A network of public banks including a central bank operated as a public utility could similarly fund a U.S. Green New Deal – without raising taxes, driving up the federal debt, or inflating prices.

Why can’t we just play ball?

The militarization of sports and the redefinition of patriotism.

Stop making excuses for hateful white men

Racism – not mental illness – was behind the killings on the Portland train. Let’s call it what it is so we can deal with it.

Two other pandemics: The lemming and apathy viruses

Viruses like this Corona Virus can kill. Yet, in the world of politics there have been, for a long time now, those two other ones: The Lemming Virus and the Apathy virus. They only kill what is left of our Republican Democracy... which is not much at all!

After an ‘educator spring,’ teachers storm elections

“Angry educators are flooding down-ballot races.”

The growing movement to bring back community grief and ritual

A free and open community grief-tending event in Berkeley, California, set an example for coming to terms with loss—of people we love and of nature.

Facebook suspends Cambridge Analytica from its site after it ‘fraudulently’ collected data to help...

Facebook suspended Cambridge Analytica from its site after the data analytics company openly admitted to helping the "Trump campaign pull off its narrow win in key swing states."
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Bernie Sanders takes on corporate power and wealth inequality during town hall

"This is what a rigged economy looks like and it must end."

Trump baby balloon: Why humor is such a powerful form of protest

So humor, democratically conceived and expressed in ways such as a giant Trump balloon, allows our voice to be heard.

Pocahontas is an inspiration, not a racial slur

If Trump were a reader of history, he might know that calling someone “Pocahontas” is actually a compliment, not an insult.