Politics

Reports from the past six months show that the ongoing record of capitalist greed and irresponsibility has plunged to new lows.

Here are some facts about Social Security that can help people who are worried by these Republican lies and scare tactics.

“Increasing the minimum wage is important for me and my family, and Trump hasn’t discussed it.”

The shocking story isn't the rise of Donald Trump but how the GOP slowly morphed into a party of hate and obstruction.

In a comprehensive new survey, most voters favored a decrease of at least $12 billion in the Pentagon’s spending and called for killing some costly military programs.

Although NATO countries have worse, more despotic allies in the region, like the tyrannical monarchies of the Gulf, Turkey’s erratic, arrogant leader is arguably the most dangerous.

"I hope that Secretary Clinton would join me if we are serious about climate change, about imposing a tax on carbon on the fossil fuel industry and making massive investments in energy efficiency and sustainable energy. And by the way... I hope you’ll join me in ending fracking in the United States of America."

“When the people of America use their power to see that this government operates in this manner then this country will be on the path leading to true greatness.”

“Thousands of protesters from all over the city, led by black, Latino, and Muslim activists, spent days organizing the protest, motivated by Trump’s incendiary remarks about communities of color and religious minorities.”

Reworking great poetry in the service of satire, here with all the formality of a Shakespeare-style sonnet. Only satire captures the full absurdity of the bizarre election cycle, starring a fraudulent, unqualified TV celebrity in full disruption of a national party that started with Lincoln. Humor trumps befuddlement, as it were, at least this week.