Third parties’ only hope: a new anti-duopoly Occupy
What’s now needed is not merely a movement devoted to a single group or issue, but a movement of movements embracing all the groups and interests stymied by bipartisan political corruption.
Hungry and Frightened: Famine in Ethiopia 2016
Food, like water, shelter, access to education and health-care is a human right, and is enshrined as such in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Like all natural resources it should be shared equitably amongst the people of the world.
Is the economy growing too fast? Interest rates and the fed
The potential gains from allowing the economy to continue to grow and for the unemployment rate to drop further are enormous.
The Decay of American Politics
An Ode to Ike and Adlai
Janet Yellen and the Fed: Progressives should pay attention
This should be the basis for unseating Trump, not the sabotage of the economy.
Wagging the dog? America and the UK respond to the crisis in Ukraine
Likely the best way to understand the reaction of the U.S., UK and other English speaking countries to the latest ‘crisis’ in the Ukraine is that there is, as always, plenty of money to be made out of it.
The 12 biggest myths about raising taxes on the rich
So the next time you hear one of these myths, know the truth.
The secret to the GOP’s assault on your rights
This is not a battle of left vs. right. It is a battle between democracy and autocracy.
To Funnyman Maher, Climate-Fracking Corruption Is One Big Joke
“The difference between Bernie and Hillary that Bill Maher irresponsibly laughs off is not merely between an honest and a corrupt politician, but between saving the climate by renewables and destroying it by 30+ more years of fracking.”
North Korea Confirms its First Hydrogen Nuclear Bomb Test
North Korean government has stated that the 5.1 magnitude quake event was a successful hydrogen nuclear bomb test.