Sunday, August 30, 2026

How a tie-breaking vote fueled America’s economy

Members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 17M realize that only a transformational “reset” will ensure the factory’s long-term survival in a highly competitive, ever-changing, worldwide industry.

How Far Will Americans Take Anti-Muslim Hate?

At a time when the Alt-Right is boasting of being a Trump constituency, it should be remembered that the white far right kills far more Americans in terrorist attacks, but no one discriminates against white people on that basis.

When Trump’s push comes to shove in Europe

In one video clip, a glimpse of the Trump team's plan to divide Europe, cozy up to right-wing dictatorships, and rally the extreme right.
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The sedition that nobody’s talking about

These CEOs and their corporations don’t actually care about protecting democracy. They care only about protecting their bottom line.

A democracy of voices (if we can keep it)

What are the threats to free expression in the Trump era?
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Chris Hedges and Noam Chomsky: How the US became an oligarchy that makes war...

Chris Hedges talks with Noam Chomsky on the state of affairs in America and hope for the future.

What’s happened to ‘America the Beautiful?’ Autocracy, MAGA, ICE, heartless cruelty

It’s now become a country that seems to have lost its heart and soul, and is like a barren likeness of its former self.

American workers seek trade enforcement, not protection

A good first step would be imposing Trade Expansion Act penalties that are as strong as American defense must be.

Sniping at his own party ‘losers,’ Trump should jump the shark and embrace Democrats

Will Trump realize Democrats’ ‘better deal’ could deliver better PR?

Baiting the hermit kingdom: No change in North Korea policy under Trump

Diplomacy may take time and patience, but if policymakers would put as much faith into it as they do to the military solutions that we’ve seen fail time and again, we might see some progress in easing tensions in many of the world’s hotspots, including on the Korean Peninsula.