Diane Ravitch: Biden’s pick for education secretary must overturn DeVos’s attack on public schools
“He’s not Betsy DeVos, and every educator in America, or almost every educator, will be thrilled about that.”
The SOTU 2016: The Future is Friendly?
Not only has Obama progressed the democratic dialogue, but he has represented the hallmark of open democratic government and has clearly silhouetted his governing vision.
The first ever US oil lease sale in the Arctic is a huge fail
“Essentially, the Trump administration had a party, hoped the oil industry would show up, and it didn’t.”
New GOP Chairman Suppresses Full CIA Torture Report
In 2009, former CIA Director Leon Panetta ordered the CIA to conduct its own investigation into documents involving torture. This review found that the CIA had repeatedly overstated the value of intelligence gained through torture.
When will MAGA Trump’s reckless war against America cause an equal, GOP-demolishing backlash?
Trumpism has always been a bad faith magic trick but day by day becomes America’s indefensible bad joke.
Social Security helped slash elderly poverty to 9.2 percent in the 20th century –...
So if Americans agree that our elders should never again return to having to age in poverty, there are several ways we can shore up the Social Security system.
How America Invites Terrorism
Maybe it's time we inform our soldiers of their likely roles in the killing machine, because war does not bring freedom. Instead, it invites young men and women to start on their own personal worlds of terror.
Democratic bill attempts to undo voter restrictions of past 15 years
Congress is now considering legislation to address many of these problems.
Won’t Leftists Profit from Berniacs’ Desperation?
“We must refuse now to vote for Clinton, before he even gets to ask us. In that gesture of revolutionary desperation lies our only hope of avoiding revolutionary despair.”
Why Don’t US Media Interview Real Allies on American Policy Regarding the Iran Deal?...
We are hearing about the Iran deal from minor congressmen and senators who have not read through it let alone represent anybody. This doesn't seem like balanced journalism, let alone journalism at all.