At Stake in 2016: Ending the Vicious Cycle of Wealth and Power
Regardless of who wins the presidency in November and which party dominates the next Congress, it is up to the rest of us to continue to organize and mobilize. Real reform will require many years of hard work from millions of us.
Capitalism itself is to blame for Donald Trump
America lashed out at our economic system, but our new president-elect won’t be able to help. Instead, argues Professor Richard Wolff, we must change the way we approach work.
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.
Trump on FUX News: “What’s with the phony shock? Or loser, disloyal generals? When...
Why have command over armed forces and federal marshals, tear gas and booming helicopters, if not to quell mass insurgency?
Senate Energy Democrats hire former industry lobbyist to lead staff
“Hiring a revolving door fossil fuel lobbyist to direct their staff on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee completely undermines Democratic party leaders’ stated commitment to addressing climate change.”
Cops Involved in the Murder of Freddie Gray Honored at Conservative Media Gala
Brian Rice, Edward Nero, and Garret Miller were cleared of all charges earlier this year, but remain on administrative duty pending an internal review for their role in Gray’s death.
Aetna Shows Why We Need a Single Payer
Two choice are emerging: one is a public single-payer system. The other is a hugely-expensive for-profit oligopoly with the market power to charge high prices even to healthy people – and to charge sick people an arm and a leg.
The eclipse of progressivism and the transatlantic return to the center
For the time being, the left and the movements powering it must organize online, support the struggles of low wage workers suddenly deemed ‘essential’ after being dismissed as unimportant for so many years and prepare for the struggles ahead.
The 4 syndromes of passivity in the face of pending tyranny
Taking action – demonstrating, resisting, objecting, demanding, speaking truth, joining with others, making a ruckus, and never ceasing to fight Trump’s pending tyranny – will empower you.
Big Pharma Company that Hiked the Price of EpiPens Gave Their CEO a 671%...
Now a coalition of U.S. Senators has publicly penned a letter to Mylan CEO Heather Bresch demanding justification for the dramatic price increases of EpiPen.