Politics

For the nation’s stability, for the integrity of our justice system, and even Trump’s own (short-term) good, seizing his passport resolves all problems.

Once the world’s best, U.S. higher education staggers, with no easy fixes.

The bottom line: Regulation won’t end the Street’s abuses. The Street has too much firepower. And because it continues to be a major source of campaign funding, no set of regulations will be tough enough.

Voters should ask, is the United States more corrupt now than it was eight years ago? Than 16 years ago? 24 years ago?

Has there ever been an organization in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organized human life on Earth?

It is a critical time for this organizing to begin because the attack on Social Security promises to be rapid and brutal.

While Sanders has done extremely well, still harder tasks remain. Apparently, being honest, realistic, well-informed, nearly gaffe-free, and compassionate aren’t enough. The “easy” voters are in his camp. How does he widen and energize a larger movement?

While we resist, we also need to promote a positive agenda of what we want to see.

When Steven Mnuchin ran OneWest, the bank aggressively and in some cases, wrongly, foreclosed on elderly homeowners with reverse mortgages. The bank had a disproportionate share of such foreclosures.

The Democratic Party remains as perversely bad on climate action itself as on the non-climate issues required to foster it.