Reforming Democracy From the Grassroots Up
Frustrated by a somnolent Congress, a bipartisan group is tackling campaign finance reform one city at a time.
Occupy Biden demonstrates how to hold politicians accountable
A coalition completed a weeklong occupation of land close to the President’s home with two demands: that he declare a climate emergency and that he stop any new fossil fuel projects.
Biden’s $7 billion Afghan heist
“We can’t bring our loved ones back, but we can save the lives of people in Afghanistan by advocating that the Biden Administration release this money to its rightful owners: the Afghan people.”
In or out of power, with no positive agenda in sight, today’s rightwing flunks...
Still undetermined: the degree to which this Cult Leader will sabotage his own hijacked party’s chances in the mid-term.
Putin and Trump have convinced me I was wrong about the 21st century
In the twenty-first century, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump’s election in 2016 have shown me several things are false.
On July fourth, a message for patriots
On this holiday, and every day, that flag and the promise it symbolizes are not Trump’s supporters to abuse, but belong to a nation that will uphold and someday vindicate them.
How movements can succeed in the face of government repression
Rather than seeing and treating soldiers and police as the “enemy,” nonviolent movements should find creative ways to engage them and to draw many of them to the side of the movement.
The Trump administration’s dangerous plans for “America’s backyard”
The last thing these countries need is a further escalation of violence and new approaches for dealing with what is in large part a youth problem need to be put forward.
US leads world in inequality, and it is getting worse
“Inequality is not inevitable.” Yet the United States continues to widen the inequality gap.
The Last Debate: How Low Will It Go?
The night’s biggest question won’t be asked by the moderator. The question is: How low can this race go before it’s over?