Politics

"This is a democracy problem. Yes, Donald Trump is a great threat to our way of life... but the reality is that he is a symptom of a larger disease."

It is too soon to say, but there is one year until the midterms, and many of us are waiting with bated breath.

Norman Solomon reflects on 'the madness of militarism' in the Ellsberg Lecture

Merriam-Webster defines "damned" as "to bring ruin on," or "to condemn to a punishment or fate."

We have entered a new era, a presidency of protest and an increasingly illegitimate government. We have the power to withdraw our consent from hate and exploitation and build love and prosperity.

“We have met the enemy and he is us.”

We must share these ideals if we are to have a functioning society. Without them, there is no America.

Nothing has been proved yet except that Flynn is a liar, and that Trump's crazed and chaotic White House failed to discipline him until they had no choice.

Diplomacy may take time and patience, but if policymakers would put as much faith into it as they do to the military solutions that we’ve seen fail time and again, we might see some progress in easing tensions in many of the world’s hotspots, including on the Korean Peninsula.

The new reality is that progressives, here in North America as in Europe, must fight on two fronts simultaneously.