Cornel West & Ben Jealous on the DNC and whether progressives can push Joe...
“At this moment, with the decline and fall of the American empire, it looks as if the system is unable to generate enough energy to seriously reform itself. It remains sanitized, superficial."
Why Trumponomics fails
Trump seems utterly ignorant about global competition – and about what’s really holding back American workers.
Trump proposes cutting Great Lakes funding by 97%
Every Senator needs to do the right thing for those living by the Great Lakes and reject these dangerous cuts.
Louisiana offers clear example why states should expand Medicaid – not reduce it
Legislators in Washington and in state capitols would be wise to see these results as a bellwether for the nation.
The Sanders “Economic Plan” Controversy
"When you dare to do big things, big results should be expected. The Sanders program is big, and when you run it through a standard model, you get a big result.” – James K. Galbraith
Judge rejects NRA’s bankruptcy bid, allowing New York’s lawsuit against the gun group to...
The bankruptcy case exposed weaknesses within the NRA’s internal management structure as well as its strategy to avoid legal exposure.
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.
Chris Hedges and Wallace Shawn on politics, playwriting and power
The two discuss experiences working in other countries and how those experiences led them, as Hedges puts it, to “grapple with the reality of empire.”
Republicans are right: Going to college hurts
Women owe two-thirds of the nation’s outstanding $1.3 trillion student loan debt.
Shrugging Off Concerns of Saudi Atrocities, U.S. Joins In Yemeni Bombing Campaign
The US has been offering Saudi Arabia direct intelligence and logistics support for its campaign in Yemen since March 2015.