New data paint an unpleasant picture of poverty in the US
The bad news is that poverty still exceeds the 11.3 percent rate of 2000 and far too many people are poor in a country that is so rich.
China restores rhino and tiger parts ban after international fury
"WWF welcomes the news that China has postponed lifting its ban on the domestic trade in rhino horn and tiger bone, signalling a positive response to international reaction."
Chomsky: Arrest of Assange is ‘scandalous’ and highlights shocking extraterritorial reach of US
"Why is it acceptable for the United States to have the power to even begin to give even a proposal to extradite somebody whose crime is to expose to the public materials that people in power don’t want them to see?"
Can progressives talk about love without embarrassment?
A review of Michael Lerner’s new book, Revolutionary Love: A Political Manifesto to Heal and Transform the World.
The Post’s Wrong-headed Attack on Bernie Sanders’s Health Plan
The Post attacks Sanders for failing to have a “plausible” plan for plugging looming deficits as the American population ages.
The Explosive New Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Bill O’Reilly, Detailed
After complaining, a former Fox News host was banned from his show.
The artist as prophet
The artist, if true to his or her vocation, recovers the past and explains the present.
Why the time-honored White House protest needs defending
There is a lot for us to do, and unless we have public space, we can’t do the work of building a different kind of society and a different kind of world.
States can break up big banks. Here’s how.
Big banks are unpopular in both red and blue states; breaking them up could attract support across party lines and prove a winning electoral strategy.
Study linking US sanctions to Venezuelan deaths buried by Reuters for over a month
Western media outlets are perfectly willing to ignore their own reporting when it suits powerful interests.