We’re Already Losing Our Democracy and All Our Freedoms to the 2001 AUMF
The 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) declared America to be a "battleground and the country to be in a permanent state of war." It's time Congress gets rid of the treacherous AUMF.
Au Contraire: Trump Is No Bernie Sanders
There is no sense in comparing Bernie Sanders, the "left-wing extremist" to Donald Trump, the "right-wing extremist." One is about grassroots, populist insurgency and the other is all about self-serving repugnancy. They will never compare.
What South Carolina Needs to Do for Racial Equality (Taking Down the Flag Is...
The welfare of all South Carolinians would increase with these steps. These steps include educational reform and expansion of medicaid.
How we take back the Supreme Court
Wherever you imagine yourself and your family forty years from now, you will still be feeling the effects of this year’s election.
America, go big again
From the start of our United States, Americans have backed leaders who dared to do big public projects.
Tariq Ali: The Time Is Right for a Palace Revolution
The devolution of the political system through corruption has led to “the death of the party system” and the emergence of what Tariq Ali, part of the royalty of the left, called “an extreme center.” “One is doomed if nothing happens in the U.S.”
Buy Your Way into Scott Walker’s Circle
Presidential candidate Scott Walker wants you to think he cares about people like you, so he is inviting people to sit down and talk to him face-to-face—it only costs $1 million. It's time we end this corrupt mockery of our electoral democracy.
Hard Knocks U
There are more horror stories about private for-profit corporate colleges than ouchies in a bramble patch. Meanwhile a $1.3 trillion mountain of debt is weighing down students at all types of U.S. colleges, endangering our entire economy.
VIDEO: With Historic Iran Nuclear Deal Expected, Can President Obama Sell It to Congress...
The historic nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers recently passed. It will limit Tehran’s nuclear ability for more than a decade in exchange for sanctions relief. But how will Congress and the general public respond?
Remembering RBG: Legal giant’s death sparks furious fight in DC over vacant Supreme Court...
Her death just 46 days before the November election sets up a major political battle over her replacement.