Friday, December 26, 2025

New York cancels Democratic presidential primary and takes Sanders off the ballot

Bernie Sanders’ campaign advisor, Jeff Weaver calls this decision a “blow to American democracy.”

Musk, Trump, and the second Gilded Age

Will their audacity and excesses usher in a second progressive era?

Trump’s new foreign policy is the worst of both worlds

It's blustery nationalism plus the conventional pieties of the foreign policy establishment.

It’s time to take America back from the brink

America needs to tend to the fragile health of its democracy and strive for a new shared prosperity that will shore up the nation’s foundation.

Army of Lobbyists Push LNG Exports, Methane Hydrates, Coal in Senate Energy Bill

A newly introduced bill includes provisions that would expedite the liquefied natural gas (LNG) export permitting process, heap subsidies on coal technology, and fund research geared toward discovering a way to tap into methane hydrate reserves.

What’s the Meaning of Failure?

The dishonesty of words illustrates the dishonesty of America’s wars.

Art, Politics and Social Change at the Venice Biennale

This year’s Venice Biennale, called “All the World’s Futures,” showcases a growing community of politically engaged artists, who not only reflect the beauty and brutality of the world, but might actually change it.

Trump Has a Conflict-of-Interest Problem No Other White House Candidate Ever Had

He owes at least $100 million to a foreign bank that's battled with US regulators.

One Man’s War

Bringing Iraq to America

DeVos budget robs from poor kids to fund schools that discriminate

What Trump and DeVos are proposing in this budget is not only to take resources away from students, but to turn around and give more money to schools that would potentially discriminate against them.