Sunday, August 30, 2026

Ghost Dance: Five Facts about Our Vanished Nations

In his column, Thomas Magstadt lists a few facts about U.S. history from a new book about Indigenous people of the nation written from the perspective of non-Indigenous people. It's time we as a nation recognize our past wrongs so we can finally heal.

Rejecting Michèle Flournoy, progressives demand Biden pick Pentagon chief ‘untethered’ from military-industrial complex

"The power progressives hold must be wielded now before it's too late, before Flournoy is crowned and the U.S. slips further into decline..."

What? A former prosecutor and attorney general running against a repeat convicted criminal?

Kamala Harris is making his felony conviction and his sexual assaults one of the central points of her strategy.
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‘I’m bringing my bullhorn to Congress:’ Rashida Tlaib poised to become first Muslim Congresswoman

Tlaib is a Democratic Socialist who supports the Palestinian right of return and a one-state solution, Medicare for all, a $15 minimum wage and abolishing ICE.

Nearly 60 legislators boycotting Trump’s inauguration

At least 59 House Democrats have announced that they will not attend Trump’s inauguration on Friday.

Five Reasons the Left Should Embrace Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz is a potential gold mine for progressives. Like Sarah Palin, Cruz is like a gift that never stops giving. Here are five reasons the left should cheer on Cruz, not scoff at his mean-spirited regression and outdated absolutism.

The man for the moment who must do more

Biden deserves praise for going big and bold on the economy. Let’s push him to go bigger and bolder.

Is Trump giving Amazon the Postal Service?

Trump wanted to use the Postal Service to hit back at Amazon, but he may end up doing the opposite.

The end of empire

The empire will collapse and the nation will consume itself within our lifetimes if we do not wrest power from those who rule the corporate state.

The real problem with Bill Gates and neoliberal optimism

The progressive left needs to confront the fact that plutocratic philanthropists like Gates care much more about preserving the systems that continue to multiply their wealth.