Saturday, July 4, 2026

Trump falls hard when his fixated, unforgiving base turns tail

Trump’s a tedious, malign vampire,/ But MAGA fuels the fiery liar.

How Trump’s politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic put every American at risk

Trump continues to trivialize the virus in a pathetic ploy to shore up his sagging image before the Nov. 3 election.

America first is America alone

Power-crazed the president may be, but he fails to grasp soft power.

Trump is bad at running the country

It seems that what I learned all those years ago in El Salvador is increasingly becoming the essence of Donald Trump’s America.

50 years later, a speech by King has lessons for a president

Difficult work remains for those in whom Martin Luther King Jr. had the most hope: the people, organizing grass-roots power for peace.

Congressman files lawsuit against Trump for inciting Capitol riots

The lawsuit accuses Trump, Giuliani, and the far-right extremist groups of conspiring to incite an assembled crowd to march upon the U.S. Capitol to disrupt and intimidate Congress from approving the count of electoral votes.

What our grandchildren will do when the jobs are gone

These are the jobs that should command respect, now and in the future.

New stats, old story: Our rich are raking

From Swiss bank researchers, an alarming update on our global maldistribution of wealth

When public officials get rented out by corporate power, the people lose

Such deep betrayals of public trust should not be rewarded with plum executive branch jobs.