The end of human rights?
The Trump administration’s assault on human rights comes against the background of years of policy decisions in Washington that too often cast aside such concerns in favor of supposedly more important “strategic” interests.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, September 25
Disneyland Resort raises minimum wage, a Dallas cop is fired after killing an innocent man, fourth Kavanaugh accuser comes forward, and more.
Online charter schools are not a solution to education in a pandemic
Coronavirus and racism combined with online charters would create a plague of injustice that will never be wiped out.
‘Horrific:’ In dead of night, Trump administration transferring children to tent camp with no...
"Please remember there are 13,000 migrant children in detention. We can't forget about them."
The two decades that created our world’s first mass middle class
If we take on our rich, we can recreate that success.
Democratic leaders are a craven bunch of idiots bent on self-destruction
We’re hearing a whole lot of the same old bad ideas, and some new ones that are even worse than bad.
With 83 percent of its buildings destroyed, Gaza needs more than money to rebuild
People and empires have lived in, built on, fought over and destroyed the area for thousands of years. This is more than just money—it will need materials, skills and labor on the ground.
In-Tim-I-Dation—brutality drives ‘domestic ICE terrorism’ to shut down mass, anti-MAGA resistance
Corruptly, stupidly defending massively excess force against a made-up "terrorist" reinforces the ultimate criminality ofMAGA Trump government-driven terrorism, lying the unarmed, unaggressive Good “deserved what she got.”
How Goldman Sachs Profited from the Greek Debt Crisis
The recent crisis in Greece offers yet another illustration of Wall Street’s powers of persuasion and predation as Goldman Sachs has profited from Greece’s debt. This is now an issue of morality, don't you think?
Trump wants socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest
Trump perfected the art of using bankruptcy to shield himself from the consequences of bad decisions – socialism for the rich at its worst – while leaving employees twisting in the wind.