Thursday, June 11, 2026

Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions and the unleashing of police power

“This is what Attorney General Sessions will unleash ... if we are not vigilant and resistant.”

Bob Dylan and the Ukraine crisis

In recent days, media coverage of a possible summit between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin has taken on almost wistful qualities, as though the horsemen of the apocalypse are already out of the barn.

Wall Street bonuses decline but still dwarf worker pay increases since 2008 crash

Since 2008, growth in the average Wall Street bonus has far outstripped wage growth for ordinary U.S. workers.

75% of world’s honey laced with pesticides

The impact on bees of continuing to use these pesticides is expected to have widespread consequences.
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The Fed’s inflation mistake continues

Most of the pain is borne by people who are already struggling to keep up with rising prices: lower-wage workers and the poor.

A Hillary Clinton Coronation Will Pave the Way for a Scott Walker Presidency

To win, Democrats need to deviate from their strategy of forcing Hillary Clinton down our throats, and instead engage the voters who would stay home in November if they had to choose between HRC and a Republican. These voters are the same ones that stayed home last November.

If you believe in social justice, you believe in veganism

Eating animal products is analogous to the oppressive and unjust actions by powerful humans upon other humans.

How this federal legislation would save veterans’ lives

Marcelo Assis, president of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 12000 at Southern Connecticut Gas, fervently believes the nation needs to do a better job of reaching out to those who served and connecting them to the assistance they earned.

The biggest economic lies we’re told

You want to measure economic success? Go to the kitchen tables of America.

The growing danger of dynastic wealth

The estate and capital gains taxes were originally designed to prevent the growth of large dynasties in the U.S. and to reduce inequality.