Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Pity the Children

If we continue to ignore the hunger, poverty and desperate families and communities of our young, we guarantee there will be a huge, violent population plagued by crime, drug addiction and high incarceration rates. If we save the children, we save society.

Three reasons why the super-rich should embrace a 70% tax rate

If they really want to "improve the state of the world," they should be using all their lobbyists and lawyers to make sure their tax money is supporting a cooperative national effort to protect the environment for their great-grandchildren and to remain competitive in the technologies of the future.

‘This is unacceptable’: Sanders calls on Biden to disavow surrogate’s racist attack on Nina...

"That is unacceptable and Joe must apologize to Nina and all the people of color supporting our campaign."

Pakistan and Afghanistan – epicenters of geopolitical intrigue

Pakistan and Afghanistan can reverse the mistakes of the last forty years and endeavor to create a new future of cooperation, peace and prosperity.

The democratic socialists scored some big wins. Here’s what they’re planning next.

A conversation with Christian Bowe, national political committee member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Hey, wealthy tax cheat, hearing any footsteps yet?

Our biggest tax evaders have been living high on the hog. They may soon have cause to worry.

A Hillary Clinton Coronation Will Pave the Way for a Scott Walker Presidency

To win, Democrats need to deviate from their strategy of forcing Hillary Clinton down our throats, and instead engage the voters who would stay home in November if they had to choose between HRC and a Republican. These voters are the same ones that stayed home last November.

The fateful fist bump

If you thought the polarization of politics in the United States was corrosive, brace yourself for the even more corrosive polarization of geopolitics.

Apocalyptic Capitalism

The Paris climate summit, dominated by the economic and political forces that are driving us toward destruction, will end with the usual empty rhetoric and a continued assault on the ecosystem.

The Trump standard

None of this is “very standard” for a president. It’s the opposite of standard.