The war on voting reaches home
Those who were hoping for a reprieve after voting Trump out of power are beginning to see that the fight isn’t over, nor is it going to allow us to relax into “normalcy.”
Trump’s pick for Defense Sec. made millions in defense industry after his 2013 retirement
Politico reports his financial disclosure statement says that he is worth more than $10 million.
Donald Trump and the next crash
Making the Fed an instrument for disaster – this impacts everyone, yet very few grasp the scope of its influence.
Claudia Sheinbaum becomes first woman president of Mexico in landslide win
Claudia Sheinbaum, 61, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, she received close to 58 percent of the vote.
How to respond to EPA chief Scott Pruitt’s lie about carbon dioxide and climate
Don’t argue with Pruitt or his Koch Brother-funded cousins. Close down the coal plants. End coal.
Trump’s education department freezes civil rights investigations while targeting schools over ‘culture war’ issues
Since returning to office, the Trump administration has stalled thousands of civil rights investigations in education while redirecting federal enforcement toward politically motivated cases.
Donald, Donald, Donald, we told you a million times not to exaggerate
We deserve better leadership, but we won’t get it until we the people make it happen.
Bernie calls for Paradise Papers investigation before considering GOP tax bill
“Before Congress considers a tax bill it must investigate the Paradise Papers. We must end the rapid movement toward international oligarchy.”
Why Rand Paul Was Right to Kill the So-Called Patriot Act: It Was Never...
While Sen. Rand Paul helped force the expiration of the so-called PATRIOT Act, it seems he is a better constitutional scholar than Barack Obama, who is not interested in the Fourth Amendment.
Restrictions on Syrian Refugees Driven by Fear, Xenophobia
Interview with Congressmember Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim member of Congress. “We’ve had 750,000 refugees come into this country since the year 2001. None of them – not one – has been engaged in terrorism,” Ellison says.