Denouncing Republican evils can’t do much for the Biden presidency without demanding progressive policies
As Biden prepares to move into the White House, progressives are in much better shape to put up a fight -- not only against the right wing but also against corporate Democratic elites.
500K jobs lost, starvation looms as US holds Afghan funds hostage
As a report published Wednesday revealed the loss of over 500,000 jobs since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan last August, critics...
Senators ask: Was U.S. Attorney fired for investigating HHS Secretary?
Senators requested any information regarding Bharara’s potential investigations into the president, his family, and any other administration officials.
TransCanada’s $15 Billion Suit Against U.S. Is Corporate Nationhood At Its Worst
TransCanada’s lawsuit has revealed now, perhaps more than ever, the degree to which NAFTA nations make and enforce laws explicitly suited for corporate gain – not communities, the environment or the global climate.
Amerika’s Jacob’s ladder
In this fantastic (in a poor sense) version of 2017's Jacob’s Ladder the other right-wing political party, the lesser of two evils Democrats, actually are looking very appealing to many. Why not?
A crisis of undiagnosed cancers is emerging in the pandemic’s second year
A factory worker didn’t want to call in sick or catch COVID-19, so she tried to ignore the pain. Now she has stage 4 cancer.
‘Too distraught’
My confessions of a failed tax resister.
Does an old H.A.K. require rehabilitation?
A little tour of Henry Alfred Kissinger’s all-American world.
‘Civil society is pretty much gone’ in Puerto Rico as White House scrambles to...
"We have to think of this as societal collapse: no power, no water, no food, no nothing."
The Goldman Sachs effect
How a bank conquered Washington