Sunday, June 28, 2026

Trump University and Laureate International Universities

Trump has Trump University as an Achilles' heel, but the Clintons have LIU.

The True Cost of Mass Incarceration Exceeds $1 Trillion

Ultimately, the social cost of mass incarceration is 11 times higher than total spent on the corrections system itself.

The bipartisan long con: Russian clickbait, Water Protectors and the movement for black lives

In a case like this one, we have to ask an age old question. Who benefits from these poorly sourced stories that damage nascent social movements?

Trump’s legal problems are only just beginning

Multiple investigations at the state and federal level—plus private lawsuits—await Trump in private life.

The Power of Belief

“The US government has already built, at a not inconsiderable expense, a wall and fence along the border with Mexico to keep out people many of whom are refugees fleeing violence in their home countries.”

The Pentagon’s War on Accountability

Slush Funds, Smoke and Mirrors, and Funny Money Equal Weapons Systems Galore

Who won in 2016? Big money.

Neither Clinton nor Trump took on the role of corporate mega-donors this election.

Trumped up tantrums boomerang, fully affirming election legitimacy plus dividing the right

How do even smarter politicians than Trump defend themselves against being slammed as anti-democratic, majority-hating Betrayers of Legitimate Elections?

Bernie fights to oppose new dirty energy bill

“Our job is to move away from fossil fuels toward sustainable energy and energy efficiency,” Sanders said in a statement. “This bill does the opposite.”

The Year of Trump: sexual assault, Nazis, and a pedophile

2017 is over. But what inexplicable horrors await us in 2018?