Unjust and Dysfunctional: Asylum in the UK
In its current, intensely bureaucratic form, the asylum process – particularly for people who are frightened of official agencies with their endless forms and impersonal approach – is at best intimidating, at worse dysfunctional.
Ford Becomes Latest Major Corporation to Dump ALEC
Ford has responded to consumer concern over its membership in ALEC - by dumping them.
The Promise (and Peril) of the New Populism
Populism can be dangerous when embraced by the right because it usually comes mixed with nativism.
How Big Pharma Is Trying to Improve Its Image
If you wonder why Congress keeps ignoring what the people want it to do — while doing things that people don't want it doing — take a peek at the unique PR campaign now being run by Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
One Percenters Get Their Own Special Social Welfare Deal
The IRS took five years to review the Crossroads GPS application for nonprofit social welfare status.
Another GOP Senator Wavers, Says He’s Open To A Vote On Obama’s Supreme Court...
Another GOP Senator breaks with McConnell's hard-line position. Senator Ron Johnson says he's open to a vote on President Obama’s nominee.
The Death of the Republican Party
It seems the Republican Party has officially died in 2016. What’s left is a lifeless shell, with the Grand Old Party no longer inside.
Why We Need to Keep 80 Percent of Fossil Fuels in the Ground
Life depends on it. Bill McKibben on the big changes we’ve already made in remarkably short order.
What Does Sanders Really Believe About Clinton?
To date, Sanders’ criticism of Clinton on this point is inferential, not specific.
Four Hospitals Bombed in One Day in Syria, Including Doctors Without Borders Facility
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed Russia for the airstrikes in Azaz.