When Liars Debate, the Truth Always Loses
The Republican rejection of reality — which these candidates will act out in debate after debate for months to come — inflicts grave costs on this country every day. It is hard to imagine the damage that will be done if one of these deceivers comes to power.
Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership Is Nearly Dead
How is it that the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership backed by both President Obama and Republican leaders in Congress is nearly dead? Thankfully America’s real-life distributional game made free trade a near casualty.
‘You Have a Mother’
A mother and a father, fighting to protect their daughter and son from death, still exist in faint particles of light. The fierce and protective love of a mother and a father is stronger than hate—it can overcome evil.
Iran Deal: Why Heed Same Voices that Are Always Wrong?
We've consistently made the historic mistake of listening to all these false and foolish prophets. And now with the Iran deal in the works, there should be no excuse to repeat this tragic error.
Carson and Trump on Muslims, Latinos: Has the GOP Given Up on Winning the...
Both Ben Carson and Donald Trump's recent remarks against race shows the GOP as the party of exclusion. Maybe they should start being nicer to key demographic groups.
Cyberpunk nation
Is Elon Musk seeking to use Donald Trump and crew to create a twenty-first-century order based on digital authoritarianism and discrimination?
The Great Unraveling
Such labels as “liberal” and “conservative” are meaningless in the neoliberal order. Political elites, Democrat or Republican, serve the demands of corporations and empire in our system of “inverted totalitarianism.”
‘We’re staying out’: Texas state democrats who fled to D.C. tell Congress to pass...
“We’re not going to be bullied and intimidated by anybody, including the governor or our colleagues. We have a job to be the voice of our constituents.”
Democratic women outraise men among female donors – another record-breaking first
The 2018 election cycle largely shows increased participation by female donors to the benefit of Democratic candidates, both men and women.
The critical missing piece from the US energy transition
Competition is meaningless, after all, if the prize is a dead place.



